Roy Vanderhoff is a commercial fisherman from Louisana and like many of the families from the area, fishing is the line of work which provides him with the income to support his family. His business has now been shut down because of the BP oil spill. To cope with the high level of depressed fisherman read more »

Researchers have found that those of us who choose to compare our incomes with peers come out the other side feeling inadequate and depressed, reports BBC News. The researchers from the Paris School of Economics, analysed data from a Europe wide survey and have found that three-quarters of those asked thought it was important to read more »

Counselling Directory has only recently reported the fact that the current economic climate is having a devastating effect on Britain’s mental health and updated research has further highlighted the matter. As mentioned last week by Counselling Directory, mental health charity Mind has compiled a study on workplace stress and have found that 10 per cent read more »

Mental health charity Mind have conducted research which suggests that more people than ever are calling in sick and leaving their jobs as a result of workplace stress, reports the Independent. According to Mind, record numbers of employees are calling in sick to escape the stress of heavy workloads and office bullying, some even going read more »

A study of more than 12,000 nurses has suggested that stress at work increases the risk of heart disease in women under 50. Danish researchers asked more than 12,000 female nurses between 45 and 64 about pressure at work and tracked their health for 15 years up to 2008. By this time 580 nurses had read more »

A recent study has found that those of us who live with the stress of a long daily commute can lose up to two years off our life expectancy, the Times reports. Residents living in commuter towns such as Watford, Hertfordshire, can expect to die 1.8 years earlier than the national average of 79.6 years. read more »

The pilot project which supports armed services personnel who are experiencing mental health issues is to be extended, reports BBC News. The scheme has been trialled in Cardiff and two other areas and proved to be such a success that it is now being extended to cover the whole of Wales. Government funding of £485,000 read more »

Gone are the days of heads being flushed down toilets and the class bully pinching your lunch money, now our children have the cyber bully to contend with. Despite the absence of the physical aspects of bullying, logging on and facing a cyber bully is ever bit as terrifying and real as coming face to read more »

The NHS has advised employers to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has estimated that mental illness causes a quarter of the UK’s total sick bill, amounting to a staggering £28bn. According to the organisation a huge component in this read more »

Mood tracking can be more effective for bi-polar sufferers than prescription drugs, reports The Times. Plotting your moods on a chart and making changes based on these patterns can be an effective tool for treating bipolar disorder, or anyone suffering from negative moods. Psychologists have long since used this method. Encouraging patients to write a read more »