Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(3), September 2007, pp.19-26.
Publisher:
Emerald
Foetal alcohol spectrum describes a group of disorders caused by the consumption of prenatal alcohol. This article seeks to review the literature around some of the more difficult areas associated with the condition and present some insights into possible ways of managing the psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders seen in the context of the UK system in the NHS.
Foetal alcohol spectrum describes a group of disorders caused by the consumption of prenatal alcohol. This article seeks to review the literature around some of the more difficult areas associated with the condition and present some insights into possible ways of managing the psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders seen in the context of the UK system in the NHS.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, NHS, mothers, pregnancy, treatment, therapy and treatment, alcohol misuse, diagnosis;
British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, March 2002, pp.227-233.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The socio-economic impact of bipolar disorder in the UK is unknown. This study estimated the annual socio-economic burden imposed by bipolar disorder on UK society. The annual cost to UK society attributable to bipolar disorder was estimated to be £2 billion at 1991/2000 prices. Ten per cent of this cost is attributable to NHS resource use, 4% to non-health-care resource use and 86% to indirect costs.
The socio-economic impact of bipolar disorder in the UK is unknown. This study estimated the annual socio-economic burden imposed by bipolar disorder on UK society. The annual cost to UK society attributable to bipolar disorder was estimated to be £2 billion at 1991/2000 prices. Ten per cent of this cost is attributable to NHS resource use, 4% to non-health-care resource use and 86% to indirect costs.
Subject terms:
local authorities, mental health problems, NHS, mortality, resource allocation, substance misuse, unemployment, alcohol misuse, bipolar disorder, criminal justice;
This report is the first in a series of pubic health reports to be published by the Health Promotion Authority (HPA). It contains information on a wide variety of personal, social and environmental factors which can affect the health of individuals and communities. It has five main chapters which cover: health environments; ill health and premature death; lifestyles and risk factors; health knowledge and beliefs; NHS and health promotion.
This report is the first in a series of pubic health reports to be published by the Health Promotion Authority (HPA). It contains information on a wide variety of personal, social and environmental factors which can affect the health of individuals and communities. It has five main chapters which cover: health environments; ill health and premature death; lifestyles and risk factors; health knowledge and beliefs; NHS and health promotion.
Subject terms:
hospitals, life style, medical treatment, mental health problems, NHS, mortality, nutrition, physical disabilities, physical illness, socioeconomic groups, stress, surveys, statistical methods, alcohol misuse, death, health, health care;
immigrants, homeless people, homelessness, housing, inner cities, learning disabilities, legal aid, local authorities, local government, local government finance, mental health problems, NHS, mothers, offenders, older people, physical disabilities, probation, poverty, pre-school children, punishment, social services, social work, social care provision, urban areas, welfare state, young people, after care, alcohol misuse, benefits, central government, children, community health care, drug misuse, education, employment, family planning, financing, Gypsies, health care;