ESSENCE
In 1993 I left my job in school psychology and started to work in child- and adolescent psychiatry. Last autumn we celebrated 50 years of child psychiatry in the county of Østfold, Norway. My mind started to wander – what has happened during these years, and what will happen in the future?… >>
“Research shows that the loss of school-related routines can often lower quality of life in people with difficulties under the ESSENCE umbrella”.
Many emphasise the importance of early intervention, i.e. identifying difficulties at an early age and then implementing suitable support measures to promote positive development.… >>
The Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments was implemented over 25 years ago and has since then had a major impact on many people’s lives. Its purpose is to provide help and support to individuals with various impairments so that they may lead lives like others, as willing, autonomous participants in society.… >>
The issue of nature versus nurture has been debated for centuries. From the beginning of the 20th century, the twin study design has helped us to shed light on this debate since it offers the possibility to disentangle the effects of genes (nature) and environment (nurture).… >>
Most clinicians get mildly annoyed when a patient doesn’t turn up for their clinic, while a few might be secretly pleased to have some spare time to catch up on administrative tasks! Politicians and health service managers, on the other hand, often publicly blame people who don’t attend their appointments for wasting taxpayers’ money: recently NHS England calculated that the annual cost of missed appointments in general practice alone was over £200 million.… >>