Die Expansion der Weltwirtschaft wird auch 2007 anhalten. Davon und von der anziehenden Binnenkonjunktur wird die deutsche Wirtschaft profitieren. Allerdings werden die Prognosen für 2007 durch die Mehrwertsteuererhöhung erschwert. Die Konjunkturforscher gehen für 2007 von einem Wachstum von...

There is an increasing awareness of gender-related issues in psychiatry. However, empirical findings on attitudes of psychiatric staff towards patient gender are limited. Gender-related issues are particularly relevant in the debate about mixed versus segregated sex wards, yet while the...

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,...

A high proportion of people with severe mental health problems are unemployed but would like to work. Individual Placement and Support(IPS) offers a promising approach to establishing people in paid employment. In a randomized controlled trial across six European countries, we investigated the...