A stressful job in a multinational financial company in Reading tipped 37-year-old Yasmin Miller over the edge. Read the full article here
Tackle work stress, bosses told
Employers need to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace, key NHS advisers say. Read the full article here
Social Status as a Teen Predicts Health as an Adult
TUESDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) — For those middle-aged folks who cringe at the memory of their adolescence, new Swedish research suggests that social standing as a teenager has long-term health consequences. Read the full article here
Redundancy: How to restore balance
The darkest hour, says Adrian Rose, is 3am. “Having eventually got myself to sleep, I’d wake up again after an hour and just lie there from 3am to 6am. They were what I call my ‘dark times’ because you can’t do anything or talk to anyone.” Read the full article here
Revealed: the hidden army in UK prisons
The number of former servicemen in prison or on probation or parole is now more than double the total British deployment in Afghanistan, according to a new survey. An estimated 20,000 veterans are in the criminal justice system, with 8,500 behind bars, almost one in 10 of the prison population. Read the full article here
If You Need to Work Better, Maybe Try Working Less
It was 4 p.m. on a recent Friday—a time of the week when I usually relax and leave the rest of my to-do list to finish over the weekend. But as this recent weekend approached, I kept pushing myself, heart pumping, to get to the bottom of my list of planned tasks for the week. [...]
The recession and your relationship – Losing it? Or sorting it!
Worried about everything The Mental Health Foundation says 8 out of 10 people are worried about the impact of this recession. People are feeling they have very little control over what will happen to them in during this recession and insecurity causes stress, often when we are stressed or feeling frightened we dump this stress [...]
Job insecurity is far worse for your health than unemployment
An article about the effect the job insecurity can have on your mental health Simply worrying about losing your job can cost you your health, a new investigation of data from two long-term studies finds. Surprisingly, the effect is worse than actually losing your job, the research suggests. Read the full article here
Recession 101: How to maintain mental health during a down economy
An American article about how to deal with stress during the economic downturn, also contains some useful general links about stress and how to deal with it. Read the full article here
