A mental health trust in Sussex has today released advice for those struggling to cope with the start of the new year. 2011 was a difficult year for Britain, with widespread financial instability, redundancies, service cuts, mounting debts, fee increases and riots. Lisa Rodrigues, chief executive of the Sussex Partnership HNS Trust, has recognised that read more »

Macau, one of two special administrative regions of the PR of China, along with Hong Kong is in the midst of a gambling craze, which has raised fears among some people about the problem of addiction there. Gambling has been legal in Macau for more then 150 years, but in the last decade it has read more »

According to government figures, more than 80,000 people in Britain claim incapacity benefits because they are obese, drug addicts or alcoholics. The Department for Work and Pensions has said that over one quarter of those 80,000 had not been in employment for an entire decade and campaigners have estimated that less than 10 per cent read more »

A recent study has revealed that young people who smoke cannabis stand an increased risk of developing psychosis. A study conducted by a research team from Germany, the Institute of Psychiatry London and the Netherlands has investigated the effects of smoking cannabis on 1,900 volunteers in Germany aged between 14 to 24, before following up read more »

According to BBC News, the Scottish footballer’s union is to introduce a new project which hopes to tackle the issue of gambling among footballer’s. The new project see’s the Footballer’s union PFS Scotland work alongside counselling group RCA who plan to begin the pilot scheme by giving information on gambling issues to a few of read more »

According to UK charity Alcohol Concern, the number of people admitted to hospital in the UK because of drinking problems could rise to 1.5 million by 2015 with an annual NHS cost of £3.7bn. According to a report compiled by the charity the number of individuals being treated in hospital for alcohol misuse has doubled read more »

According to a survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics, heavy drinking is more common among managers than it is among manual workers. Each year the Office for National Statistics publishes the Lifestyle Survey, a report which details the habits of adults in the UK. After analysing the 2009 survey, researchers found that the read more »

Yesterday night BBC’s Panorama investigation revealed that many of today’s popular computer games are designed to make some fans play compulsively using a simple technique based upon a 1950s study of rats. The study in question involved rats feeding themselves by pressing a lever and encouraging them to repeat their behaviour by rewarding them at read more »

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 »

A recent study conducted by the UK Drug Policy Commission has found certain services unable to effectively cope with specific areas of society. The study found the services had ”little relevance” to minority groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender groups as well as disabled servicemen and those from mixed ethnic backgrounds. All of read more »