Stress Linked to Long-Term Absences from Work
Businesses in the U.K. are feeling the pinch of stress in the workplace. Though it is often preventable, stress has come to represent the single most significant health concern among employees in that country today. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on [...]
Preventing an Eating Disorder Relapse
For the person who has worked to overcome an eating disorder, the danger of relapse is a threatening presence sitting quietly on the horizon. Sometimes that threat seems to move nearer until the person feels powerless in its shadow. In any recovery process, setbacks happen. How does one define relapse for the person with an [...]
Prior Drug Abuse Increases Vulnerability to Stress-Related Disorders and Depression
Research has long shown that a mood disorder can increase your risk for drug abuse, but now there is evidence that the opposite is also true. Prior substance abuse has been shown to increase your chances of developing a stress-related disorder or depression. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin [...]
New Approach to Reducing Relapse Rates among Alcoholics
Alcoholics often struggle not only to enter and complete a treatment program, but to stay sober once they leave the facility. Many find that the skills that they practice in a treatment are not as effective when they are facing down real life situations in which alcohol is present and the temptation is more than [...]
