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MENTAL HEALTH FALLOUT: Stress of job loss can trigger wide range of reactions,...
March 10, 2010Losing a job can be emotional, but those who are unemployed may face a host of anxiety-producing situations on top of being out of work.
These include the frustration of not being able to find another job, having to pay the same number of bills with less income, losing identity and struggling to feel valuable, and dealing with the stigma of being unemployed — all of which can lead to serious mental issues.
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‘London bomb stress’ recognised
March 10, 2010Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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The Relationship Between Mental and Physical Health
March 4, 2010People with depression often have worse physical health, as well as worse self-perceived health, than those without depression.
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Mental health at work: new NHS Employers initiative
March 4, 2010NHS Employers launched a national campaign today (3 March 2010) to end stigma against NHS workers suffering from mental ill health. The campaign, ‘Open your Mind’, will also work to improve employment rates for those with mental health conditions and help NHS trusts create better working environments for all staff. Nick Martindale looks at the initiative, and why it was needed.
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Employment Co-ordinator Position at Hounslow
March 2, 2010
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Heightened anxiety
March 1, 2010If you still have a job, you’re lucky indeed. But sometimes it just doesn’t feel that way.
Survivor guilt has been replaced by survivor stress.
Early in this recession it was not unusual for people to feel a twinge of remorse when co-workers were laid off and they weren’t. But two years of layoffs, buyouts, furloughs and general downsizing have taken their toll on the employees left standing.
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Men more sensitive to recession blues
February 25, 2010The global economic downturn is taking toll on men’s mental health, a new survey has Stress found.
The survey, conducted by mental health charity Mind, found almost 40 percent of men to be feeling low with job security,work and money playing on their minds.
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The mental scars of soldiers
February 25, 2010Last week in the US an army sergeant was accused of waterboarding his own four-year-old daughter after she refused to recite her ABCs. This story emerged as London’s Guardian newspaper reported that during a time of critical stress for military hospitals, there was little concrete information about soldiers’ mental health.
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Can Alexander McQueen’s Suicide Help Prevent Others From Ending Their...
February 23, 2010With London Fashion Week in full swing, the Jed Foundation and actress Heather Matarazzo look to the tragedy of the designer’s death as a teachable moment — to shed light on suicide’s warning signs, and ways to intervene.
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Mood Stabilisers & Bipolar Disorder
February 22, 2010There are a wide variety of different medications used in the treatment of mental health conditions such as antidepressants, psychotropics and mood stabilisers. This article aims to explore the role of lithium in treating bipolar disorder with key areas to be explored listed below
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What is Schizophrenia?
February 22, 2010There are many different mental health conditions which may result in a wide variety of associated symptoms. While some forms of mental disorder are extremely common such as anxiety and depression there are many others which the average person is unlikely to be familiar with such as schizophrenia. This article aims to focus on exploring how schizophrenia impacts the lives of those affected with key areas to be explored listed below
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After feminism: what are girls supposed to do?
February 22, 2010Abbi Marper is too shy to speak above a whisper, but she wants to be a policewoman or a nurse. Her friend Becky Billing is studying to be a plumber. Charlotte Wilson, the most chatty of the group, is having a problem narrowing her options. “I want to be a firefighter, but I also want to be a paramedic and a midwife,” she says. “The trouble is, there’s just too much choice.”
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Word comes too late
February 19, 2010An area teen who took his own life may have been victimized by bullies, say family, friends and members of Facebook groups dedicated to his memory.
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Help for mental health patients to get back into work
February 18, 2010A PILOT scheme to help people with mental health problems back into work has been launched.
Back on Track is for anyone living in the city or Beeston with mental health conditions.
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Flexible working is good for health as well as family: review
February 17, 2010Workers who have control over their working hours enjoy better health beacuse they are less stressed and get more rest, according to the review of ten research studies involving more than 16,000 people.
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