In reply to a question on July 11th, the Minister of Health stated that the Government welcomed the imaginative concept of World Mental Health Year; and that his Ministry had been cooperating with those responsible for the arrangements for observing the Year in this country, including Mental Health Week. On August 5th, Miss Edith Pitt, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health announced...

the scope of power of governments is one of the main issues in political philosophy and constitutional law. this issue has become significant in islamic republic of iran as an absolute spiritual leadership has been contemplated in the iranian constitution. as the rule of law indicates that all governmental acts must be based on law, it may be assumed that dissolution of khobregan house (expert ...

Discharges from Broadmoor On August 3rd, Mr. Kenneth Robinson asked the Home Secretary what decisions he had made about patients in Broadmoor Hospital whose discharge had been recommended by the Mental Health Review Tribunal to whom applications had been referred by him. Mr. Butler said that in four out of the 88 cases which had so far been reviewed, the Tribunal had advised discharge; in two o...

"In the course of our enquiry we received much evidence, both oral and written, to which we have not referred in this report. We have, however, investigated with care all the available evidence on all the incidents in Sowle's life which could possibly give rise to the view that he was in April 1961 a potential danger to the public. We have summarised that evidence in the course of this report. ...

We agree with Bara and Joffe that there is a need for improvement of reporting quality in animal research (AR) [1]. Presenting details on both methods used and potential cofounders during AR is not only important to reproduce results, and to ensure animal welfare (AW) and public support, it is a duty when animals are compromised, stressed or sacrificed to understand diseases or to identify trea...