Tag Archives: mental health
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Supporting couples in the emotional anguish of infertility
Difficulty conceiving can have a devastating emotional impact and couples should be supported with professional counselling
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Debate: Do antidepressants work?
“Doctor please, some more of these” moaned Rolling Stone Mick Jagger on the 1966 track Mother’s Little Helper as a generation turned on to the prescribed drugs deemed to blunt the corrosive impact of modern life. Fifty years later and 64.7 million prescriptions for antidepressants were handed out in 2016 by doctors in the UK, but debate rages over how effective they are
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Facing the taboo of mental health in the legal profession
High-pressured jobs in the legal profession can take their toll, but firms are beginning to take the mental health of staff more seriously
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Shrug off the stigma of mental health and seek help
Chief executives, who may be more at risk of depression and other mental illness, must lead by example and openly seek help
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Taking mental health seriously is good for workers and business
Poor mental health not only brings anguish to individuals in the workforce, it costs UK business dear
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Reducing the risk of depression in patients with cardiovascular disease
Heart disease and hospital treatment can leave patients feeling depressed and vulnerable to further health problems unless doctors also treat the psychological symptoms
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Facing up to mental health
Mental health remains a taboo subject among many employers who fail to provide help for staff which could not only benefit the individual but also the company
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The tide is turning for mental health
Paul Farmer, chief executive of mental health charity Mind, calls on the next government to guarantee shorter waiting times for those in need of therapeutic support