Regulation needs new legislation to get lighter

Mental health legislation needs to point to the future

* Correspondence: [email protected] The forum article by Professor Xie raises the broad issue of whether mental health legislation in China needs to respond to the existing realities of the community mental health services system. Given the lack of community mental health resources in China, the burden of caring for persons with mental illnesses has traditionally been borne by families and by...

The European Union's chemical legislation needs revision.

Canine legislation: can dogs get a fair shake in court?

Several news stories appeared the month before the Animal Welfare Forum that illustrate a dilemma often expressed during the meeting. On Nov 1, 1996, the Sarasota Herald Tribune carried a graphic account of a 10-year-old boy killed by a neighbor's Rottweilers,1 and on November 27, a press conference in Pound Ridge, New York credited Abby the Rottweiler with foiling a baby's kidnapping by biting...

Mind the Gap: The New Special Educational Needs and Disability Legislation in England

With the introduction of the Children and Families Act 2014, changes in the process of assessment and identification of children in need of special support in England and Wales have been introduced. These changes are regarded as the most significant in two decades, with consequent implications for service provision. In this paper, we suggest that there is a gap between the theoretical approach ...

New Year's resolution: get to know Chikungunya.

Happy New Year to all of our NEHA family and friends! It is the start of a new year and hopefully a short winter. I hope you had a safe and happy holiday season with family and friends. Winter makes us think of snow skiing, sledding, and ice skating, but it also makes us yearn for spring and warm weather. Winter seems to last forever when you wish for sunshine and warm breezes. Many of you will...