THIS WEEK

正GIVING BLOOD,GIVING LIFE A man volunteers to have his blood drawn at a mobile blood drive in Bozhou,east China’s Anhui Province,on June 12.Many people across the nation stepped up to donate in celebration of World Blood Donor Day,which falls on June 14     

Campaign against Monopoly

CHINA＇S National Development and Reform Commission （NDRC） punished three cement producers in Jilin Province with fines totaling RMB 114 million for monopolistic practices in September 2014. Since early last year, China has issued six anti-monopoly fines totaling nearly RMB 3 billion.     

Chinese Tourism Fever

正FROM April 24 to 25 the 2014World TravelTourism Council(WTTC)Global Summit convened in Sanya,China,the second time the event was held in the Asian country since the Beijing Summit in 2010.The WTTC forecasts that China’s tourism industry will grow by seven percent annually for the next 10years,overtaking the United States as the world’s biggest travel and tourism economy by 2023.Fast Growing Market In recent years,the Chinese government has stepped up support for tourism     

Evaluation of the improving access to psychological therapies for offenders programme at HMP Lincoln: a three year prospective cohort study

The mental health needs of prisoners are significant with a high incidence of common mental health problems including anxiety and depression. Extending national initiatives such as the National Health Service Improving Access of Psychological Therapies programme to people in prison offers a valuable opportunity to address these mental health problems and improve continuity of care from prison to the community. This study adopts an observational, prospective cohort design and evaluates an IAPT for offenders service over the first three years of operation within a male Category B prison holding remand/convicted prisoners. The evaluation found large effect sizes for changes in anxiety and depression with clinical recovery being achieved in 55% of depression and 52% of anxiety cases. On average, prisoners were treated in less than five sessions employing a low-intensity cognitive-behavioural approach. The lack of established formal diagnoses and a control group limits the findings.