Archive for October, 2007

Giving up smoking obstacles change with age

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

A new study has found that obstacles to quitting smoking differ with an individual’s age. Younger smokers reported a higher level of concern about weight gain and inability to manage stress compared with older smokers, and younger smokers also reported a higher level of concern about handling social situations and cravings.
Older smokers were more read more »

Prison being used as the "default" option?

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

An article on the BBC has suggested that prison is being used as the “default” option for people with mental health problems, when it’s specialist care that’s actually needed.
Chief Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, agreed that many people with mental health disorders need not be in prisons, but also agreed that institutions were currently read more »