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Prescriptions of psychiatric drugs are soaring - but are sadness and grief being confused with depression? 6 February 2021 • 6:00am "A person’s feelings are “medicalised” – framed as something for which you need to “get help”. And usually, these days, it’s with drugs."  Credit: Illustration by Lisa Sheehan Five years ago my medical records read like a psychiatry textbook. Stressed and unhappy after the sudden end of my marriage in 2010, I stopped being able to sleep. My GP told...

Conference Spotlights New Research to Benefit Primary Care Conference Spotlights New Research to Benefit Primary Care  Febuary 4, 2021, 3:24 pm News Staff — The talents of family medicine researchers from across the United States and elsewhere were on full display at the 48th annual meeting of the North American Primary Care Research Group, held virtually late last year. The meeting of more than 850 researchers gave attendees the opportunity to participate in more than 700 forums, oral pr...

The new Black Country Staff Psychological Wellbeing Hub, which is part of the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will provide an “effective pathway” into mental health services for staff who require support. As part of the hub, staff will be pointed towards a range of local mental health services, including Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and other specialist mental health teams. The hub will be available to all staff who work under the Black Country and West ...

President underscores need for addressing differently-abled people’s issues February 03, 2021 President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need for developing a roadmap to address issues faced by differently-abled people and ensure universal access to Assistive Devices for DAPs. The President gave these remarks while chairing first meeting of National Steering Committee on Improving Access to Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities in Islamabad today (Wednesday). The President emphas...

February 3, 2021 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Dr. Arif Alvi has underscored the need for developing a roadmap to address the issues being faced by differently-abled people (DAPs) and ensure universal access to Assistive Devices (ADs) for DAPs. While chairing the first meeting of the National Steering Committee on Improving Access to Assistive Technology (AT) for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Islamabad on Wednesday, the president said that problem of disability was of great magnitude th...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: I rarely talk about legislation because so many bills over the years get proposed with zero action by Congress. It took more than 4 years for Roth 401(k) plans to be a thing. However, I want to take time to talk about something near to my heart. The Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act—introduced by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) along with Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and James Lankford (R-OK)—would e...

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Services will have to dispense with diagnosis; people need connection and meaning as well as basics such as safety, housing, and work.

A group tests new audio descriptions provided by the UniDescription project at Yosemite National Park in 2017. (Photo credit: Jaime Gibson-Barrows) NEH). A $350,000 grant will go to the Department of American Studies and the East-West Center to host a summer institute for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander museum professionals, and a $296,203 grant will support a project by the School of Communications in the College of Social Sciences to expand audio description services nationwide for the b...

Bill to expand MEP usage introduced in Senate The U.S. Capitol in Washington With just a few days remaining on the congressional calendar, a bipartisan bill to expand the use of open multiple-employers plan has been introduced in the Senate. The Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act, introduced Dec. 18 by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., would allow more groups to participate in MEPs by expanding coverag...