-effective treatments, it receives only 13% of NHS health expenditure. The under-treatment of people with crippling mental illnesses is the … most glaring case of health inequality in our country. The need for a rethink is urgent. At present mental health care is …

of illness practices by Ghanaians with diabetes; to outline approaches towards improving patient centred health care and …, cure seeking (passive and active), and medical inaction. Most participants privileged biomedicine over other health systems … ethnomedical drugs, recommended foods, and psychosocial support. For health systems, the greatest challenges lie in correcting …

, offering a more holistic approach to improving child health, as quitting smoking is only half of the battle …

-based psychological therapies for depression and anxiety disorder more widely available in the National Health Service (NHS). 32 IAPT … as a function of compliance with National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Treatment Guidelines. Method … scores and had completed their treatment during the period were analysed. Outcome was assessed with the patient health …

The latest CEP Election Analysis, published jointly with LSE Health, gives an overview of the research evidence on UK …

. Three key barriers to HPV vaccine implementation were identified: sociocultural, health systems and political. A linked …

Recently attention has begun to focus not only on assessing the effectiveness of interventions to tackle mental health … problems, but also on measures to prevent physical co-morbidity. Individuals with mental health problems are at significantly … increased risk of chronic physical health problems, such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as well as reduced life …

treatment services, we find that public and private health systems are “equally unequal”, that is, both tend to favor children … facts contrast with a common view that a much-expanded public health sector is necessary to reduce child mortality. Instead …, we believe the empirical evidence points to the essential role of parents as advocates for their child’s health. If we …

Mental ill health is the largest single cause of disability in the UK, contributing almost 23% of the overall burden of … disease compared to about 16% each for cancer and cardiovascular disease. The economic and social costs of mental health …