News Finland Health: More than 100,000 youth face mental health disorders, long queues for care
According to Laura Häkkinen, a youth psychiatrist and senior physician at Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUS), about 15 percent of young people in Finland are covered by basic services as their ...
News Finland Health: Mental health among prisoners must be addressed, says Flanagan
Finland, Mr Flanagan said more work was needed including providing for more psychiatrists and psychologists on prison staffs. He also said judges need more options when it comes to sentencing those ...
News Finland Health: Mental health 'therapy guarantee' initiative reaches 50K target
Public debate in recent weeks about widespread mental health issues among young people in Finland provided the needed impetus for the citizens' initiative to meet its target, with some 10,000 ...
News Finland Health: Finland's health watchdog seeks funding to research delivery room mistreatment
The National Institute for Health and Welfare THL says it is currently looking for sources of funding for research into the phenomenon of delivery room mistreatment of women in labour. The disclosure ...
News Finland Health: Psychologists in Finland sign climate petition, citing concerns for youth mental health
Greens MP Outi Alanko-Kahiluoto receives the petition from three of nearly 400 signatories demanding that the next government take action to fight climate change. (Terhi Toivonen/Yle) Nearly 400 ...
News Finland Health: Measles and drug-resistant bacteria on the rise in Finland
The incidence of measles in Finland has increased over the last year, says the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). While 11 cases of measles were diagnosed in the country in 2017, the ...
News Finland Health: This 12-Week Mental Health Program Lives in Your Phone
Meru Health offers a 12-week, app-based treatment program for mental health challenges, combining cognitive behavioral therapy, nutritional psychiatry, mindful eating, and meditation exercises. CEO Kristian Ranta explains how personal tragedy led him to this work.
News Finland Health: How Finland and Norway have copied Scotland’s way of preserving heritage – Fiona Hyslop
Increasingly the role of museums and galleries are evolving from their original purpose to serve as hubs contributing to a variety of wider social agendas – from inclusion of hard-to-reach groups to ...
