Ruth, a company consultant, used to work 16-hour days. “I would get up at 4am and be at my computer by 4.30am,” she says. “I was working six, often seven, days a week. I didn’t see my husband for months. Even when we’d go away for the weekend, I’d take a laptop. Whenever I complained [...]
Millions resign or call in sick as Monday Blues bite in recession
A study for the mental health charity Mind found that almost 20 per cent of people had claimed they were ill because they could not cope with pressure in the office. Eight per cent of the population left a job last year due to stress and more than a quarter of people said their weekend [...]
Stress link to financial squeeze
Work pressures during the recession have caused a big rise in mental health problems, the charity says. A survey for Mind suggests that one in 11 British workers has been to the GP for stress and anxiety from the financial squeeze. Read the full article here
‘London bomb stress’ recognised
Psychologists say they have treated hundreds of survivors of the 2005 London bombings for post-traumatic stress disorder. Read the full article here
Heightened anxiety
If 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 Survivor guilt has been replaced by survivor stress.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, [...]
Men more sensitive to recession blues
The 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. Read the full article here
Flexible working is good for health as well as family: review
Workers 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. Read the full article here
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Bipolar Disorder at Work: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
“I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder six years ago. I’ve never told any of my employers or shown them any signs that I’m aware of and I’ve always gotten great performance reviews. Lately, though, the stress at my current tech job is so high, it’s brought on a pretty hard “bipolar episode” that’s been difficult to bounce [...]
