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Dec 6, 2024 | 
psychreg.org | Tim Fawnshaw |Adam Mulligan |Christopher Jones |Elizabeth Kaplunov
2 Reading Time: 4 minutesMental health plays a significant role in many aspects of the criminal justice system, particularly in cases involving sex crimes. For individuals accused of these offences, underlying mental health conditions can affect their behaviour, comprehension, and even culpability. Understanding how mental health intersects with sex crime defence strategies is crucial for building a comprehensive and effective case.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
samhsa.gov | Christopher Jones
Date: October 01, 2024 Categories: Prevention, Substance Use In October, SAMHSA celebrates Substance Use Prevention Month — an opportunity for the prevention field and prevention partners to highlight the importance and impact of prevention. And given the substance use and overdose challenges facing our country, prevention has never been more important. This month, each of us can inspire action by sharing how prevention is improving lives in communities across our nation.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
psychiatrist.com | Beth Han |Christopher Jones |Emily B. Einstein |Deborah Dowell
AbstractObjective: We examined prescription related opioid use disorder (POUD) prevalence, individual symptoms, severity, characteristics, and treatment by prescription opioid misuse status among adults with prescription opioid use. Methods: Cross-sectional study using nationally representative data from 47,291 adults aged ≥18 years who participated in the 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Past-year POUD used DSM-5 criteria.
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Mar 31, 2024 | 
cornwalllive.com | Christopher Jones
People aged six months and older who are immunosuppressed are encouraged by the NHS to receive the latest COVID-19 top-up vaccination, as they are at an increased risk of complications and hospitalisation when catching the virus. Individuals who are immunosuppressed include a diverse group spanning all ages, from infants as young as six months to the elderly.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
samhsa.gov | Christopher Jones
We’re building on the momentum of SAMHSA’s 20th Prevention Day and looking ahead to National Prevention Week (May 12-18). About 4,300 prevention professionals, researchers, and advocates from across the country attended SAMHSA’s 20th Prevention Day held outside of Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2024. This was the largest Prevention Day gathering to date, offering 83 sessions with about 200 speakers ― leading with science, advancing the prevention of substance use and misuse, and enhancing lives.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
business-live.co.uk | Christopher Jones |Chris Jones
British Engines, a leading engineering group based in the North East, has announced a significant enhancement to maternity pay, furthering its commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace environment and working to attract more women into engineering. The enhanced maternity pay package is designed to provide greater financial security and flexibility for expectant mothers and their families during this important stage in their lives.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | Christopher Jones
Staff and students at Newent Community School and Sixth Form are preparing to show off their big-hearted school to this September's new intake of students and their families. The school, which serves Newent and its surrounding villages, as well as Gloucester, the Forest of Dean, and Herefordshire, is guided by its HEART values of honesty, excellence, accountability, respect, and teamwork, and it will welcome families to a year six open morning on Friday, March 1.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
getsurrey.co.uk | Christopher Jones |Chris Jones
Flow Zone is SES Water’s state-of-the-art education centre at Bough Beech Reservoir and Water Treatment Works near Edenbridge in Kent. It's an educational experience with engaging, sensory games involving light and sound to help visitors understand their own water use. There is also the chance to climb the huge dam, walk through the tunnel right under the reservoir and see close-up how they clean and distribute 160 million litres of fresh drinking water, every single day.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
samhsa.gov | Christopher Jones
Date: September 29, 2023 In October, we observe Youth Substance Use Prevention Month and Substance Misuse Prevention Month. As we kick off Prevention Month, let’s take a moment to celebrate all that we’ve accomplished together, as well as recommit ourselves to the important work that lies ahead. Everyone has a role to play in prevention.
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Aug 25, 2023 | 
buckinghamshirelive.com | Christopher Jones
It’s GCSE results day, and year 11s at E-ACT Bourne End Academy are celebrating after opening their envelopes this morning to find an excellent set of results. The school, which lies on New Road in Bourne End and is rated Good by Ofsted, is a mixed secondary school with academy status, and staff are delighted that many of the high achievers receiving their results today will be returning to its sixth form in September.
