This article summarises a systematic review of the literature on promoting mental health in high-risk groups. The review suggests that there are a variety of effective interventions for preventing mental health problems in high-risk groups. This has implications for the scope of practice of nurses and others working in a range of services, including midwifery, health visiting, school health, me...

The current pitfalls and future possibilities of nutritional management are discussed by two patients with tongue cancer who have suffered from substantial weight loss. Their nutritional problems are illustrative of those among other (cancer) patient groups. The main concerns are the lack of early case finding and dietary treatment, and insufficient nutritional information transfer through refe...

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I'd like to leave you with just a few points. If you think back again to the opening of this conference as to why we are concerned with increased susceptibility, however one might define it, I think the panels expanded upon Dr. Barth's opening remarks. The sponsoring agency has expressed its concern that the legal mandates under which the federal agencies are working require that high risk grou...