Related Mental Health: November 2004 Archives
The Department of Health has today published its much-publicised White Paper on improving the nation's health, entitled 'Choosing Health'. The proposals cover obesity and mental health as well as smoking and sexual health. There's a good summary of the proposals on the BBC news site.
I've yet to read all the proposals but will write in more detail when I've done so.
The second (and final) draft of the NICE guidelines for post traumatic stress disorder are available for commenting on the NICE website. If you want to give feedback, you have to do so via one of the Stakeholder organisations which are listed here. Feedback deadline is 29th November.
As colleagues and I have discussed in a recent review paper, eating disorders often overlap with obsessive compulsive difficulties. OCD Action is a UK-based organisation offering help and support for people with OCD and related disorders. They also run an annual conference for people with anxiety disorders, this year on 13th-14th November in Manchester.
