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Causes of insulin resistance in childhood

15 May 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes worldwide is causing concern. Genetic and environmental influences have been put forward to explain the origins of this...

meeting the healthcare needs of offenders with learning disabilities

01 May 2005

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

It is widely recognised that many individuals with learning disabilities have additional health problems. For example, they are more likely to experience vision and...

No bars to advocacy

01 October 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

According to some commentators, advocacy in mental health institutions has a history measured in hundreds of years. While for much of this time advocacy has existed...

Mental health services: a suitable case for treatment?

01 October 2006

Mental Health Practice

General

It is well established that mental health services in the UK have been slow to adopt evidence-based practice (EBP) and this applies in particular to cognitive...

Hope, optimism and expectation

13 September 2008

Mental Health Practice

General

People experiencing mental ill health have often lost hope of a better future, and exposure to the low expectations of others can compound feelings of failure and...

Young people on adult mental health wards

27 May 2009

Mental Health Practice

Feature

New standards for safe and appropriate care for young people on adult mental health wards are being piloted across England. This article describes how their use can...

Pathway to accommodate patients’ spiritual needs

26 May 2012

Nursing Management

Feature

Many service users would like their spiritual needs to be taken into account during treatment and doing so has been shown to have positive benefits. However, this...

Vision screening of primary school children

17 December 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

The purpose of childhood vision screening is the early detection and treatment of ophthalmic disorders and surveillance for visual defects throughout childhood....

Improving quality of primary health care in a Sudanese dispensary

26 January 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nursing in a poverty-stricken war zone means working with poor facilities and coping with different attitudes. Sue Campbell explores how working overseas does not...

Child and adolescent mental health services: rhetoric and reality

01 April 2002

Paediatric Nursing

General

Mental health problems can severely disrupt the lives of children and young people, and the wellbeing of those who care for them can also be affected. A recent...