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The authors reflect on the issue of medical students who develop serious mental health problems at medical school in Great Britain. They admit that this situation could present complex challenges. They also state that the complexity arises by the stigma associated with mental health problems. However, they emphasize that most students with mental health problems recover and progress with appropriate support.

Background: Approximately 1 in 200 UK pregnancies ends in stillbirth. Although serious psychological effects of stillbirth on mothers are well established, much less is known about the impact of such loss on fathers.Aims: To assess the psychological morbidity of fathers in the pregnancy and post-partum year subsequent to a stillbirth, to test within-couple effects and to identify risk factors.Method: This was a community-based cohort study of 38 pregnant couples whose previous pregnancy had ended in stillbirth, and 38 pair-matched controls. Psychological assessments took place antenatally and at 6 weeks, 6 months and 1 year postnatally.Results: Fathers in the index group experienced significant levels of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder antenatally, but all of their symptoms remitted postnatally (after the birth of a live baby). Fathers' symptom levels were lower than those of mothers at all time points. In contrast to mothers, fathers experienced greater anxiety when a subsequent pregnancy (following stillbirth) was delayed.Conclusions: The vulnerability of fathers to psychological distress during the pregnancy after a stillbirth needs to be recognised. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the causes of increasing rates of adolescents violence in Great Britain. Contribution of harsh parenting from the mother on violent behavior of teenagers; Influence of hereditary aspect on aggression behavior of adolescents; Manifestation of greater adversity for homicidal adolescents.