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  • Sharia law should be used in Britain, says UK's top judge

    04/07/2008

    The Lord Chief Justice's endorsement of Sharia law has already created huge controversy The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia...view full story

  • Skunk smokers 18 times more likely to be psychotic

    04/07/2008

    People who use super-strength skunk cannabis are 18 times more likely to suffer a psychotic episode than those who smoke milder forms of the drug, research has shown. Ne...view full story

  • New psychiatry chief slams squalid conditions of mental health hospitals

    04/07/2008

    Human rights and race equality groups have applauded the public condemnation of the squalid conditions of acute mental health wards by The Royal College of Psychiatry's n...view full story

  • Children Treated For Addiction To Phones

    17/06/2008

    Two Spanish children are being treated for addiction to their mobile phones - and the clinic says it could take up to a year for them to recover.
    The children, age...view full story

  • Scientists Launch Major Study Into Depression

    09/06/2008

    Depression will affect up to 25% of the population at some point in their lives. It also has been shown to have a strong genetic component. For example, if one of your cl...view full story

  • RCP: Launch of new report: 'Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care'

    09/06/2008

    Psychological Therapies in Psychiatry and Primary Care is the title of a new report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists in partnership with the Royal College of Gener...view full story

  • Assessing Risk: A Report on the Family Justice Council Annual Seminar

    09/06/2008

    The highly successful London Family Justice Council's Seminar was held in April where 300 delegates who work in Family Justice attended. Delegates ranged from members of ...view full story

  • Do online games trigger a new psychiatric disorder?

    09/06/2008

    "I'm 31 years old. I should be out there achieving something, but I can't . . . Right now I'm hooked to this digital version of an IV drip with cocaine in it, and I ...view full story

  • Golf-Acceptance the key at U.S Open, says sports psychiatrist

    09/06/2008

    The key to survival for players tackling the longest U.S. Open course ever at Torrey Pines next week is to be mentally disciplined and prepared for setbacks, says a renow...view full story

  • Bottling it up 'can ease trauma'

    05/06/2008

    People who do not talk about traumatic experiences can fare better than those who "let it all out", say researchers. The University at Buffalo study compared the progres...view full story

  • Women spend 10 years of their lives on diets

    05/06/2008

    A study reveals that a woman will go on two healthy eating plans every year, with each one lasting an average of five weeks. That adds up to 104 diets between the ages o...view full story

  • Computers may aid drug abuse treatment

    09/05/2008

    People in treatment for drug abuse may be more likely to succeed with the help of computer-based behavioral therapy, a pilot study suggests.
    In a study of 77 adult...view full story

  • Cannabis ruling condemned by drugs experts

    09/05/2008

    Cannabis is to have its classification raised by the UK government from a class C drug -- to class B.
    It will bring with it a higher jail term of five years for u...view full story

  • Imaging Advances Map Brain Areas Affecting Mood

    07/05/2008

    Recently developed types of imaging techniques enable researchers to map brain circuits and chemical systems believed to play a role in depression, bipolar disorder and o...view full story

  • School children 'depressed and anxious'

    30/04/2008

    A new report has highlighted the fact that many school children are suffering mental health problems.
    The Good Children Inquiry, commissioned by the Children's Soc...view full story

  • A million children 'mentally ill' through stress

    23/04/2008

    More than a million children have disorders ranging from depression and anxiety to anorexia, a report is expected to claim this week.
    The fifth in a series of six ...view full story

  • Depression Awareness Week, 21-26 April 2008

    23/04/2008

    The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the opportunity provided by Depression Awareness Week to raise the profile of and encourage more empl...view full story

  • Expert child doctors express 'concerns'

    17/04/2008

    Delegates at an annual meeting of paediatricians have voted to express their "grave concerns" at the GMC.
    The "disproportionate" ban by the Gen...view full story

  • University researcher wins Brain Expert prize

    15/04/2008

    Welsh research to improve knowledge of the structure and function of the human brain has won an award.
    Dr Alexander Leemans, from Cardiff University’s Brain ...view full story

  • Childhood Maltreatment Causes Inflammation And Depression In Adulthood

    15/04/2008

    A history of abuse of neglect in childhood could be associated with depression and inflammation when reaching adulthood. According to a report in the April 2008 issue of ...view full story

  • The Doctor Who Hears Voices, Channel 4 Film

    15/04/2008

    When Ruth began hearing voices, she turned to a controversial drug-free therapy programme. Now, her story is told in a powerful TV film.
    Ruth is a junior doctor li...view full story

  • Why we must be careful about internet 'addiction'

    08/04/2008

    Some parents may take comfort from an editorial in the March edition of the prestigious American Journal of Psychiatry.
    It called for the recognition of internet a...view full story

  • Feeling Paranoid? You’re Not Alone

    03/04/2008

    Paranoia is far more common in the general population than previously thought, a new study shows.
    Paranoia loves company.
    Feeling paranoid means harboring...view full story

  • What drives parents to kill?

    03/04/2008

    Motives for harming children are often unclear, experts say.
    Whatever drove a 41-year-old Rockville USA, man to apparently kill his three young children in an Inne...view full story

  • Chasing size zero leads women to ‘famine then feast’ eating disorder

    02/04/2008

    The size-zero obsession could be forcing women into extreme diets followed by periods of bingeing on junk food, an expert said yesterday.
    Janet Treasure, of the In...view full story

  • Royal College of Psychiatrists: Anxious mother - anxious children?

    02/04/2008

    Children of mothers with anxiety disorders have an increased risk of developing anxiety themselves, compared with children of mothers who are not anxious.
    This ne...view full story

  • Hyperactive girls 'struggle as adults'

    01/04/2008

    One in ten girls were found to have hyperactivity problems
    Hyperactive young girls are more likely to have "serious" problems in adulthood, research sugg...view full story

  • HRT ‘might ward off Alzheimer’s’

    01/04/2008

    Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may protect post-menopausal women against memory loss and Alzheimer’s disease.
    A study found women’s memories are aff...view full story

  • Gand Theft Childhood -- politicians are wrong about games

    01/04/2008

    A new book by Drs Lawrence Kutner and Cheryl K Olson says playing video games is not as bad as it's often painted
    Most gamers have noticed that millions of kids ma...view full story

  • Milosevic Aides’ War Crime Trial Postponed for Health Reasons

    01/04/2008

    Medical report states that one of the accused is too ill to attend the trial.
    The war crimes trial of two aides of he late Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was...view full story

  • Marital strife 'linked to rise in blood pressure'

    01/04/2008

    A Happy marriage is good for blood pressure, but a stressful one can be worse than being single, according to new research.
    In the study by Julianne Holt-Lunstad, ...view full story

  • Psychology News Gets Off The Fence

    19/03/2008

    Off The Fence Productions has announced that it is teaming up with UK factual indie company Psychology News Productions for two new projects.
    The first project wil...view full story

  • Addicted to your iphone ipod or computer?

    18/03/2008

    Pyschiatrists say forget your Bird Flu and West Nile virus – the latest epidemic sweeping the world is an addiction to the internet, gaming and texting…and i...view full story

  • Forthcoming guidelines on The Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse

    18/03/2008

    New guidelines on the Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse, published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, are to be released on 2nd April 2008. They rep...view full story

  • Bully videogame generating concern; psychiatrist warn parents

    17/03/2008

    A controversial new videogame that has upset anti-bullying groups and educators. The main character of the game, which is called Bully: Scholarship Edition, is Jimmy Hopk...view full story

  • Help is at hand for mental illness sufferers

    17/03/2008

    A Cheshire couple are offering a hand of support to people suffering from mental illness.
    Hayley and Andrew Latham are hoping to set up an informal help centre for...view full story

  • US Experts Study Neuroscience Use in Courts

    04/03/2008

    When Peter Braunstein was put on trial in New York last year for a twisted Halloween torture attack, his lawyers used a visual aid to suggest that his actions were the pr...view full story

  • Experts join forces to emphasise the benefits of choosing life

    25/02/2008

    Scottish Experts on suicide say the key to preventing deaths is for organisations, including the media, to work together.
    Psychologist Dr Rory O'Connor, who leads ...view full story

  • Experts to help with spate of suicides

    21/02/2008

    MENTAL health experts will be sent to every school in an area of South Wales that has been rocked by a spate of suicides that has claimed 17 young liv...view full story

  • Drug experts tackle trouble with medication names

    04/02/2008

    Even though a new report on medication errors has found that thousands of people receive the wrong drug because too many have confusing look-alike or sound-alike names, e...view full story

  • Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry - Feb 08

    10/12/2007

    The Royal College of Psychiatrists is holding the Faculty of Academic Psychiatry Annual Meeting on 21-22 February 2007 in London.

    Contact: Kevin Maynardview full story

  • Indecent images and child protection: Ross Patel from Afentis Forensics examines the role of the expert witness.

    07/09/2007

    Indecent images and child protection: Ross Patel from Afentis Forensics examines the role of the expert witness.Forensic evaluations put the evidence into context and can...view full story

  • Expert Psychiatrist Launched

    04/07/2007

    Due to a large client demand Expert Witness have launched a website and directory devoted to Psychiatrist. ExpertPsychiatrist can be viewed at http//www.expertpsychiatry....view full story

  • Expert Witness tops Google rankings - Manchester Evening News reports.

    17/04/2007

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  • The evidence mounts on the need for expert witnesses

    16/04/2007

    There is rising concern over the lack of any certification or register for those offering specialist knowledge on computers to courts Last month saw the downfall of Gen...view full story

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