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UK mental health provider, Stanford to develop suicide prevention app
UK-based mental health provider Mersey Care NHS Trust has partnered with Stanford University to develop an app that prevents suicides.
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New Plan to Treat Schizophrenia Is Worth Added Cost, Study Says
A new approach to treating early schizophrenia, which includes family counseling, results in improvements in quality of life that make it worth the added expense.
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World Report 2016: ‘Politics of Fear’ Threatens Rights
In its World Report 2016, Human Rights Watch concludes that the politics of fear led governments around the globe to roll back human rights during 2015. Fear of terrorist attacks and mass refugee flows are driving many Western governments to roll back human rights protections.
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Mental health included in the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Promoting mental health and well-being, and the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, are integral parts of the Sustainable Development Agenda to transform our world by 2030 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015. This is a belated but fitting recognition of the importance of these areas of health within global development and health priorities, as well as a significant departure from the Millennium Development Goals established in 2000.