Very worrying. But not surprising. This is the reaction to a negative record from psychiatry. A 10-year plan is to correct the problem.Never before has the revolving door of psychiatry rotated faster. Patients are flowing in and out on an unprecedented scale.New figures on readmissions for the whole of 2024 underline that far too many people with severe mental illness are receiving inadequate treatment. This is the reaction from Secretary General of Better Psychiatry Jane Alrø Sørensen.
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The explosive growth of the lobbying industry over the last 20 years has created a new rockwool layer in Danish politics, which blurs the connection between the population and politicians, concludes the Power Inquiry.Discrete lobbying firms and a new class of ‘policy professionals’ have, over the past two decades, largely established themselves as a new ‘rockwool layer’ in the political process.Some of this rockwool group does not have a popular mandate and does not represent any specific political interests. Others are employed by interest groups, but the rockwool group has grown into a significant power factor in the political process…
The cases against Danes who have posted about the war in Gaza on social media continue. On Wednesday, person number 20 was sentenced at the Court in Sønderborg.A 43-year-old man from Aabenraa, who works as a dishwasher at a hotel, was sentenced to 80 hours of community service on Wednesday for having written a comment on a Facebook support post from the New Civic Party on the anniversary of the Hamas attack in Israel.”Remember October 7th,” the party had written.
A massive majority on Wednesday approved the controversial base agreement that gives the United States unhindered access to three Danish air bases in Jutland.After months of loud debate with allegations of constitutional violations and almost unlimited American powers on Danish soil, a large majority in the Danish Parliament passed the law on Wednesday that gives American soldiers access to three air bases in Denmark.But if you ask the United States, it is unknown to what extent the Americans intend to use the opportunity.
With hundreds of events spread over the three days of Folkemødet, it can seem impossible to choose. Five famous guests give you their recommendations for this year’s program.With several thousand events over the three days of Folkemødet, it can be a bit of detective work to find the debates and events you are most passionate about.But don’t despair – help is on the way.Politiken’s debate editorial team has asked five knowledgeable Folkemødet guests what they think you should experience while you’re on the sunny island.Bertel Haarder, former politician”I would recommend that you go for the cultural and festive, where you…
At the People’s Meeting, pastor Mikael Wandt Laursen invites well-known Danes to share their relationship with religion to promote conversations about faith.How do you create a space where festival-goers find the peace to talk about their faith?This is what Mikael Wandt Laursen, secretary general of the Christian organization Frikirkenet, who has been a regular part of the Folkemødet for the past many years, knows. He has experienced increasing interest – especially from young men who want to talk more about their faith. One of the reasons for this is that the narrative that has dominated our culture for the past…
How does it feel when, as a stateless person, you are repeatedly met with a bureaucratic obstacle course? 20-year-old Shahi Hussein will put this into words when she participates in the People’s Assembly for the first time.In Denmark, there are around 80,000 people living without a Danish passport, many of whom are children and young people. One of them is 20-year-old Shahi Hussein, a Kurd from Syria. Since she came to Denmark with her parents at the age of seven, she has found herself in what she calls a “bureaucratic obstacle course”.She came to Denmark before she was eight years…
Vehicles used to sell opioids can be confiscated, and sellers can be stripped of their right to operate a store.The penalties for possession and resale of drugs, especially opioids, will be significantly tightened from this summer. A broad majority in the Danish Parliament on Wednesday passed the amendment, which only the Unity Party opposed, on the grounds that citizens who possess drugs for their own use should not be punished with imprisonment.”With the support of a broad majority in the Folketing, we are now taking a decisive step towards treating opioids for what they are: The most dangerous and deadly…
A new study from the Danish Institute of Public Health shows that girls have overtaken boys in substance use. It’s a trend that puzzles the researcher behind it.For many years, boys have dominated the top of the list of young people’s drug use. But that’s no longer the case. Now, girls in 9th grade use e-cigarettes to a greater extent and drink larger amounts of alcohol more often than boys of the same age, according to a new study of young people’s drug habits from the Danish Institute of Public Health.One of the researchers behind the study is Ola Ekholm.…
Novo Nordisk will be able to carry out experiments on an unprecedented scale with the supercomputer, says innovation manager.The Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has already identified artificial intelligence as an important ingredient in the current and future development of new drugs.Now the company has entered into a collaboration with the Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI), which gives it access to the Danish supercomputer Gefion.DCAI writes this in a press release on Wednesday.Novo Nordisk will use the supercomputer for research and development of new drugs in the company’s core areas of diabetes and obesity.”AI models can now be used…