CHIC Seminar ‘Apps for Mental Health’
The next Connected Health Innovation Centre Seminar on “Apps for Mental Health” will take place on 16th April 2015.
John Ainsworth, Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Infomatics and the Health e-Research Centre, will present ‘Adventures in Connected Health: ClinTouch, CareLoop, Actissist and beyond.’ John’s research focuses on areas such as applying information technology to improve healthcare, harnessing computing technology to enable novel clincial research and the development of software as a diagnostic/ therapeutic medical device.
More than 45% of men who responded to a survey* by Samaritans said they felt more worried at Christmas than other times of the year.
The findings come with a reminder that volunteers from the charity’s 201 branches will be available round the clock over the festive period, for anyone who needs to talk.
The online survey found that of the male respondents:
Almost half (48%) feel sad or depressed at Christmas time
45% of men feel that others expect them to be happy at Christmas when they are not
More than a third (37%) of men admitted to feeling lonely at Christmas
30% of men felt stressed or anxious at Christmas time
Appeal to trace man attacked with concrete slab
Published 17/07/2014
Police are trying to trace a man who had a concrete slab smashed over his head in an early morning assault in the city centre.
Shortly after 4.35am on Wednesday 16 July 2014, Manchester City CCTV operators captured an incident on Bloom Street.
Edale House closure: Mental health care concerns raised A BBC Report. Manchester 25 th August 2011 Two Manchester MPs have criticised a mental health trust, saying patient care is not being put first. Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust’s plan to shut city centre psychiatric unit Edale House is being raised by Tony Lloyd […]
