Misuse of alcohol by adolescents currently costs the NHS around £2.7bn a year and with the crackdown on underage drinking not really cutting the mustard what else can be done to curb this problem? Charities believe the best way to treat addiction is to attack the problem before it emerges, therefor educating adolescents about the read more »

Concerns have been raised over the lack of specialist medics available to care for rape victims, leading to a possible thwarting of conviction rates. According to official figures just 6% of rape complaints to police led to a conviction with a further 6% leading to related convictions. However, of those allegations that do reach court, read more »

Those who are suffering with dementia will undoubtedly experience a number of personality changes as a result of how the illness effects the brain. This is to be expected and can be prepared for but how do carers cope when the placid and kind person they once new becomes violent and aggressive? A new study read more »

Birth parents of adopted children are using social networking sites such as Facebook to defy privacy rules and make unplanned contact with their children, reports the Guardian. Adoption agencies have been inundated with calls from distressed adoptive parents whose children have been contacted out of the blue by their natural parents using social networking sites. read more »

With our own Prime Minister sparking rumours of bullying at number 10 we take a look at what really constitutes as abusive behaviour in the workplace and how to deal with it. It started with a missing memo telling you the time of an important meeting had been changed, it progressed to constant criticism from read more »

Scottish government have revealed staggering figures showing that children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade, reported BBC News. Public Health Minister Shona Robinson has promised an extra £5.5m worth of investment for mental health services. She has said that this will lead to a 15-20% increase read more »

A recent study has revealed that adults in Scotland are consuming the equivalent of a staggering 46 bottles of vodka in a year reports BBC News. The 50.5 million litres of pure alcohol sold in Scotland last year was enough for every drinker over the age of 18 to exceed the weekly consumption guidelines. With read more »

According to The Times, the number of young women in their teens or early twenties requiring treatment for cocaine addiction is on the increase. Despite heroin addiction declining, the number of women under 35 who are entering treatment has increased by 60 per cent in the past four years. A survey undertaken by the National read more »

Gone are the days of heads being flushed down toilets and the class bully pinching your lunch money, now our children have the cyber bully to contend with. Despite the absence of the physical aspects of bullying, logging on and facing a cyber bully is ever bit as terrifying and real as coming face to read more »

Survivors of sexual attacks are to receive increased support thanks to £20,000 worth of government funding, reports Portsmouth based paper, The News. The Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre will use the government payout to offer more counselling services for victims. Since the centres opening in 2006 victims from the Isle of Wight have been travelling read more »