According to National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence ( NICE ), benzodiazepines can be used in the immediate management of GAD, if necessary.

According to the Latin American Institute on Mental Health and Human Rights ( ILAS ), " situations of extreme trauma " affected about 200, 000 persons.

According to the World Health Organization, physical inactivity is second only to tobacco smoking as a health risk in developed countries, and this is associated with many tens of billions of dollars of healthcare costs.

According to the Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development, 66, 000 women in England and Wales have experienced FGM, with 7, 000 girls at risk.

According to the Hughston Health Alert, " Lacerations to the head, scalp, and face are the most frequent types of injury hockey.

According to epidemiologist David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, and Health in the Clinton Administration, the tobacco industry invented the " sound science " movement in the 1980s as part of their campaign against the regulation of second-hand smoke.

According to the World Health Organisation ( WHO ), over a third of people in most countries report problems at some time in their life which meet criteria for diagnosis of one or more of the common types of mental disorder.

According to the International Confederation of Midwives ( a definition that has also been adopted by the World Health Organization and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics ):

According to the U. S. National Center for Health Statistics, as well as a 2006 series in the Charleston ( West Virginia ) Gazette, medical examiners listed methadone as contributing to 3, 849 deaths in 2004.

According to the World Health Organization, the mass vaccination cannot eliminate yellow fever because of the massive number of infected mosquitoes in urban areas of the target countries, but it will significantly reduce the number of people infected.

" According to a survey done by The National Center for Health Statistics, " over half of marriages from 1990-1994 among women began as cohabitation.

According to data from the World Health Organization, the amount of tobacco per 1000 cigarettes fell from 2. 28 pounds in 1960 to 0. 91 pounds in 1999, largely as a result of reconstituting tobacco, fluffing and additives.

According to the World Health Organization, over 16 million people worldwide are infected with typhoid fever each year, with 500, 000 to 600, 000 fatal cases.

According to Health Care Market Guide's annual studies, Mid-Southerners have named Baptist Memorial their " preferred hospital choice for quality ".

According to the World Health Organization, that means that about 650 million current smokers will die from a preventable cause.

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data from October 2008, the largest sectors of non-agricultural employment were: Government, 24. 3 %; Trade, Transportation, and Utilities, 17. 3 % ( including 11. 0 % in retail trade ); Professional and Business Services, 11. 9 %; Manufacturing, 10. 9 %; Education and Health Services, 10. 0 % ( including 8. 5 % in Health Care & Social Assistance ); Leisure and Hospitality, 9. 2 %; Financial Activities, 6. 0 %, Natural Resources, Mining and Construction, 5. 1 %; Information, 1. 4 %; and Other services 4. 0 %.

According to the United States Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, a U. S. Federal Standard limits the amount of microwaves that can leak from an oven throughout its lifetime to 5 milliwatts of microwave radiation per square centimeter at approximately ( 2 in ) from the surface of the oven.

According to the Second Reading Speech of the Health Insurance Bill 1973 delivered by the Hon.

According to a 1987 survey conducted by the American School Health Association, " 3 % of the boys reported having carried a handgun to school at least once during the school year ; 1 % reported carrying a handgun on a daily basis.

According to a survey conducted by The Harvard School of Public Health, " 15 % students surveyed said that they had carried a handgun on their person in the past 30 days, and 4 % said that they had taken a handgun to school in the past year ," a sharp increase from just five years earlier.

According to the National Institutes of Health, this finding was the strongest evidence at that time that structural differences in a specific part of the brain may contribute to the risk of SIDS.

According to the Office of Rare Diseases of the National Institutes of Health trichotillomania is considered a rare disease which, according to their statistics, means that less than 200, 000 people in the United States are affected by this disorder.

According to the U. K. National Health Service, the use of osteopathy is not always based on science, and there is no good evidence that osteopathy is effective for any health condition other than back pain and helping recovery after hip or knee operations.

According to the World Health Organization, the main determinants of health include the social and economic environment, the physical environment, and the person's individual characteristics and behaviors.

According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4. 8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400, 000 people being killed or maimed, and 500, 000 children born with birth defects.

According to the minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia was one of the first countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Botswana.

According to a decision by The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany of September 21, 2001, in the version from May 15, 2008, this also applies to PhDs that were awarded in Australia, Israel, Japan, or Canada.

According to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs White Paper on Foreign Policy, there were 213, 000 Irish citizens living in Australia in 1997 ; nearly three times the number of Irish-born immigrants to the country.

According to the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, every year there are more than 200, 000 foreign students that are learning Italian language ; they are distributed in the 90 Institutes of Italian Culture in the world, in the 179 Italian schools abroad and in the 111 Italian sections that are open into foreign schools.

According to the now defunct Department for Constitutional Affairs, the Prime Minister is made a Privy Counsellor as a result of taking office and should be addressed by the official title prefixed by " The Right Honourable " and not by a personal name.

According to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi foreign policy is focused on co-operation with the Gulf states, the unity of the Arab world, solidarity with Muslim countries, and support for the United Nations ( UN ).

According to former President Richard M. Nixon's article, published in Foreign Affairs in 1967, Thailand had entered a period of rapid growth in 1958 with an averaged growth rate of 7 percent a year since then.

According to Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 4. 8 million Vietnamese people were exposed to Agent Orange, resulting in 400, 000 people being killed or maimed, and 500, 000 children born with birth defects.

According to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Métis were historically the children of French fur traders and Nehiyaw women or, from unions of English or Scottish traders and northern Dene women ( Anglo-Métis ).

According to records of the Führer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 4, 980 of these were executed, resulting in the destruction of the organised resistance movement in Germany for the remainder of World War II.

According to an October 2008 poll from the Mainland Affairs Council, on the question of Taiwan's status, 36. 17 % of respondents favor maintaining the status quo until a decision can be made in the future, 25. 53 % favors maintaining the status quo indefinitely, 12. 49 % favors maintaining the status quo until eventual independence, 4. 44 % favors maintaining the status quo until eventual reunification, 14. 80 % favors independence as soon as possible, and 1. 76 % favors reunification as soon as possible.

According to Graham Allison, director of Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, this law is a major reason why not a single nuclear weapon has been discovered outside the control of Russia ’ s nuclear custodians.

According to Graham Allison, director of Harvard University ’ s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the objectives of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul are to continue to, “ assess the progress made since the Washington Summit and propose additional cooperation measures to ( 1 ) Combat the threat of nuclear terrorism, ( 2 ) protect nuclear materials and related facilities, and ( 3 ) prevent illicit trafficking in nuclear materials.

According to the Mainland Affairs Council of the ROC, the major obstacle resided in the PRC's One-China position which does not recognize the sovereignty of the ROC.

According to the Agency of Cultural Affairs, 91 million Japanese identify themselves as Buddhist.

* According to the Book of Song, a Chinese emperor appointed five kings of Wa to Supervisor of All Military Affairs of the Six Countries of Wa, Silla, Imna, Gara, Chinhan, and Mahan in 451

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Korea, the name Donghae ( 동해, literally East Sea ) has been used in Korea for over 2, 000 years, including in History of the Three Kingdoms ( 三國史記, 1145 ), the monument of King Gwanggaeto, and " Map of Eight Provinces of Korea " ( 八道總圖, 1530 ).

According to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Magen David Adom was boycotted by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which refused to grant the organization membership because " it was … argued that having an emblem used by only one country was contrary to the principles of universality.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 522 residents of Nablus and surrounding refugee camps, including civilians, were killed and 3, 104 injured during IDF military operations against militants during the Second Intifada from 2000 to 2005.

According to the statistics of the Overseas Korean Foundation and the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 107, 145 South Korean children were adopted into the United States between 1953-2007.

According to Dr. Randy Bergen, the Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2005 – present, in the fall of 2009, nearly 75 % of the undergraduate courseload was taught by full-time faculty.

According to a spokesperson from China's National Agency for Religious Affairs, as well as Pastor Gao Ying from the China Christian Council, Gong Shengliang has incited followers to beat up people who refused to join his religious group, and has used sulfuric acid to disfigure disobedient followers.

According to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

According to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in 1995 there were 533 individuals living in the Iowa reservations of Kansas and 44 in Nebraska ( Horton Agency ), while 857 people lived in the Oklahoma Iowa Tribe ( Shawnee Agency ), amounting to a total of 2, 934 people.