World Alzheimer's Day is an international campaign organised by Alzheimer's Disease International to raise awareness and highlight issues faced by people affected by dementia. It takes place every year on September 21st and is the focus of World Alzheimer's Month. In support of this year’s theme – ‘Know dementia, know Alzheimer's’ - Elsevier presents a curated, open access collection of over 70 journal articles and book chapters focused on shining a light on the warning signs of dementia and the importance of a timely diagnosis.
Given their carbon emissions, pharmaceutical companies must intensify their efforts and play an active role in addressing climate change.
Climate crisis: Over 200 health journals urge world leaders to tackle “catastrophic harm”. This Comment provides the health argument for climate change and calls on leaders to make 2021 the year for action. This Comment was signed by The Lancet and simultaneously published in over 200 medical journals.
This exploratory study examines parental opinions about receiving climate change information at their child's checkup.
This exploratory study examines parental opinions about receiving climate change information at their child's checkup.
This Editorial highlights the relationship between climate change, fires, floods and infectious diseases.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued a Call to Action to implement the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Priorities include adopting a public health approach, focusing on socioeconomic risks, and improving suicide-related data.
This review summarizes recent research in four environmental areas affecting risk of deaths by suicide: political, social, cultural and economic.
Research into mental health of populations undergoing migration
To address SDG 3 target 3.4 (By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality form non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being), strengthening the delivery of mental healthcare to the most vulnerable populations is critical. This paper explores the experiences of staff working in the National Health Service (NHS) offender health teams to identify sources of adversity that frontline staff encounter when providing healthcare in prison settings. The results highlight sources of adversity that need to be addressed in order to ensure the wellbeing of mental healthcare providers and enable high quality delivery of healthcare to vulnerable populations.
