Health in Scotland 2008 Shedding Light on Hidden Epidemics
ISBN 978 0 7559 9183 9 (Web only publication)
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 The current state of Scotland's health
Life expectancy improvements in the Scottish population
Obesity in men and women in Scotland
Physical activity in men and women
Smoking behaviour in men and women
Future prospects for improving life expectancy
How do we create health?
Salutogenesis
Socioeconomic status and stress
The Scottish effect
Chapter 2 Hidden disorders in mental health
Alcohol
Suicide
Symptoms without disease
Medically unexplained symptoms in general practice
Medically unexplained symptoms in hospital clinics
Management of medically unexplained symptoms
How might medically unexplained symptoms be better managed?
Conclusion
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Psychological trauma
ADHD in adults
Mental health in older people
Dementia
Depression
Substance misuse
Psychosis
Delirium
Conclusion
Chapter 3 Communicable diseases
A pandemic of influenza
Healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance
Vaccine preventable diseases and the impact on them of current and planned immunisation programmes
Gastro-intestinal and zoonotic infections
References
Acknowledgements