DS Daily - 11th October 2011 |
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Prescribing Conference Presentations now available
Presentations from the Speakers at SDF's recent Prescribing to problem drug users - delivering person-centred care Conference, held on 22 September in Glasgow | Scottish Drugs Forum, UK
The Alliance Forum
This section of the Alliance forum was created following a number of messages received from workers in the field who wish to share concerns about what they are being asked to do and about how local systems are being asked to respond to interpretations of recovery | The Alliance, UK
Booze ads campaign
Wigan's health chiefs are waging war on underage drinking by backing a campaign to restrict alcohol advertising | Wigan Today, UK
£20 million to knock down mental health stigma
The Government is joining forces with Comic Relief to help tackle mental health stigma, with funding of up to £20 million for Time to Change, the leading stigma and anti-discrimination campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness | Department of Health, UK
Servicemen urged to seek help for mental war wounds
The Ministry of Defence has launched a campaign to promote better awareness of the mental health injuries of war | BBC, UK
Public sector job losses 'worse than forecast'
The current rate of public sector job losses is far greater than official projections and suggests total job cuts in the sector will be 50% higher than forecast, researchers say | BBC, UK
UK poverty levels forecast to rise
Over 2.5 million more in poverty by 2020 - Report | Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK
Youth unemployment: The angry millions
Figures out tomorrow are expected to confirm the worst youth unemployment figures for nearly 20 years. But it's the lack of hope, as much as the lack of jobs, that is dangerous | Independent, UK
Cocaine testing lined up for Italy's stock market traders
Carlo Giovanardi, a junior minister with responsibility for the family, said that the economic world was 'polluted by the use of narcotic substances, particularly cocaine, which makes you lose a sense of reality' | Guardian, UK
Help children of substance abusers
One child in 11 is living with a parent who has a serious alcohol or drug abuse problem, Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said | Irish Times
Trauma-Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
A Guide for Service Providers | United States Department of Labor
States Adding Drug Test as Hurdle for Welfare
As more Americans turn to government programs for refuge from a merciless economy, a growing number are encountering a new price of admission to the social safety net: a urine sample | New York Times, USA
Director of Mental Health- Annual Report 2010
This is the sixth annual report of the Office of the Director of Mental Health | Ministry of Health, New Zealand