New Hypnotherapy Directory

Millions, including Lilly Allen, have been able to lose weight with hypnosis and millions more have stopped smoking with it's help.

But there is a problem: the public are confused! Often when we think of a hypnotherapist we imagine a man standing on the stage making people dancing around the stage like chickens. However now this is changing and it is fast becoming a very popular alternative therapy.

Each hypnotherapist works in a different way, so people need more information as to what type of hypnotherapy is best for them. The fact that the hypnotherapy industry is unregulated is a real threat to the credibility of the profession.

There is a new website that offers a huge support network to help those in need find a suitable hypnotherapist – Hypnotherapy Directory (http://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk) It is a professional directory that provide information in a clear and un-daunting way.

To ensure professionalism each member is either a member of a professional body or has submitted a copy of their insurance and qualifications. The website provides a vast amount of information about different areas of distress, and also has lots of useful articles written by the hypnotherapists listed.

There is also information on each hypnotherapist profile about fees, type of training and the different services that are available.

For more information about hypnotherapy and how it can help you visit Hypnotherapy Directory (http://www.hypnotherapy-directory.org.uk) today.

Self-harm Hospital Admission Figures Revealed

Children who self-harm have been admitted to hospital more than 7,000 times in the past decade, Scottish government figures have revealed. They also showed admissions among the over 16s had topped 160,000 since 1999. The statistics were branded "astonishing" by the Lib Dem health spokesman Ross Finnie, who obtained them through a parliamentary question. Public Health Minister Shona Robison said an extra £5.5m would be invested in mental health services by 2011-12. She said this would lead to an estimated 15-20% increase in specialist staff. Mr Finnie said mental health support had increasingly been provided in the community over the past 10 years but claimed that a report by auditors found that funding had not been shifting from hospital to community care. He said: "An Audit Scotland report published last year warned that there are long waits to access certain services, particularly services for younger and older people, and there is a lack of out-of-hours and crisis services in some areas. "This was backed up by a more recent report into child and adolescent mental health which warned about the prevalence of self-harm and the lack of systematic support. "The health secretary needs to act on these figures and address the concerns about mental health services outlined by Audit Scotland." The statistics - which cover 1999-2009 - showed that across all of Scotland's health board areas, there were 7,126 hospital admissions for self-harm among the under 16s.
The figures peaked in 2000-01 when they reached 776 but have levelled off in recent years, reaching a figure of 563 in 2008-09. Among the over 16s, there were 160,668 admissions in the same 10-year period.

'Tackling This'
Again, the figures peaked near the start of the decade, with 16,168 over 16s admitted in 2002-03. The latest figures, for 2008-09, showed there were 14,469 hospital admissions.
Cases can cover patients being transferred between hospitals, specialties or to the care of a consultant, so a single patient can trigger multiple episodes.
Ms Robison said: "We are aware of the extent of the issue of self-harming and are committed to tackling this. "We are committed to improving access to both community and in-patient mental health services and we see increasing the specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) workforce as key to this." She said she expected the additional £5.5m to lead to a 15-20% increase in CAMHS staff. "This increased workforce will help NHS boards deliver our new waiting time target for access to specialist CAMHS, meaning no-one will wait longer than 26 weeks by March 2013 at the latest," she added.

Active travel and adult obesity

Sustrans has recently published the Active Travel and Adult Obesity information sheet. A bilingual copy is available in Wales. This information sheet uses research on studies relating to the impact of obesity on health, and the potential for travel choices and the built environment to support healthy weights. For further information either email activetravelcymru@sustrans.org.uk or get a downloadable copy from the web at www.activetravelcymru.org.uk

New money for smoking prevention

New funding worth more than £650,000 has been announced for smoking prevention. The announcement comes as new figures show that the first full year of the smoking ban in Wales has heralded a steep decline in the number of heart attacks. A total of £155,000 over the next two years will go into the ASSIST programme, where health promotion experts train pupils to persuade their friends not to start smoking or to give up, and more than £500,000 will be allocated for wider smoking prevention activity.

Chief Medical Officer for Wales’s Annual Report 2008

The Chief Medical Office for Wales presented his third annual report on the state of the health of the people of Wales recently. The report can be downloaded from the Welsh Assembly Government website