During the past few months a very wide variety of topics with at least some mental health aspect has been discussed in Parliament. While some have reflected controversy, others, in particular the Mental Health Bill, have been accorded a wide measure of general agreement. In the Debate on the Queen's Speech, (Hansard 31.10.58), the present level of crime was subjected to a factual analysis. The ...

BACKGROUND Establishment of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in 2000 resulted in increased funding for health research in Canada. Since 2001, the number of proposals submitted to CIHR that, following peer review, are judged to be of scientific merit to warrant funding, has grown by 77%. But many of these proposals do not receive funding because of budget constraints. Given the ...

The institution of the president, especially person head state, has played, since ancient times, defining role in organization and functioning any collective/community. In con-text importance state system central public authorities, also taking into account political regime from perspective need to ensure separation powers particular is given determination functions establishment President, whi...

by political choice, people achieve the official positions in political system. woman's political participation is one of the most important subjects that has been take attention of scientists and devoted much of sociopolitical topics. parliament provides suitable ground in order to woman's political participation. in this article, by using descriptive and analytical method, the barri...

On February 8th, the Minister of Health announced the composition of the new Committees on Clinical Psychiatry and on the Epideminology of Mental Disorders under the chairmanship respectively of Professor Sir George Pickering and Professor Sir Aubrey Lewis. Each Committee, the Minister said, had appointed working parties to study special aspects of its field, such as the psychopathic personalit...

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the worldwide diffusion of e-parliament and the role played by the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament (GCIP), within the framework of policy transfer. There are two main reasons why it is necessary to focus on the role of GCIP in the diffusion of e-parliament: 1) The GCIP is one of the most active actors in this process; and 2) Activities undertaken by the...

rom INSERM U1096, Rouen, France; Normandy University, IRIB, Rouen, France; Unité édecine et Pharmacie, Rouen University, Rouen, France; Plateau d’Imagerie CardioThor ouen, France; Bruker Biospin MRI GMBH, Ettlingen, Germany; Institut de Recherches rance; and the Pharmacology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Reims y Servier France and by European Union and Région Normandie....

The debate in the Lords on the Hospital Service, held on April 26th roved over a wide field but the mental health service had its full share of attention. Lord Stonham, who had initiated the debate, referred to the "disastrous speech" made by the Minister at the Annual Conference ?f the National Association for Mental Health and the forecast that in fifteen years only half the present number of...