Mental health conditions

The NHS should look into the feasibility of offering employees suffering from stress and mental illhealth fast-track support to help ...

Despite optimism over the economy, many households are still feeling the squeeze over wages. But helping staff to manage stress...

Dyslexic employees face particular challenges and often experience work-related
stress. Nancy Doyle, a psychologist looks at effective workplace adjustments to...

Dementia is a national challenge and businesses are not immune. With an ageing population, not only will the average customer...

Organisations can use health benefits as a means to drive down absenteeism related to workplace stress and retain talented staff,...

Occupational psychologist Susannah Robertson-Hart looks at the best way to support an employee returning to work following a period of...

The Government is challenging employers to increase their efforts to get people with common mental health problems back to work....

Figures from the veterans’ health charity Combat Stress suggest there has been a “substantial” increase in the number of Afghanistan...

Poorly equipped desks are not only linked to musculoskeletal disorders but also correlate with mental health problems, according to research...

Occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational health professionals are frequently mistaken for each other. OTs Jain Holmes and Anne Byrne aim...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) management standards indicator tool that is used to assess work-related stress remains valid and...

Employees with mental health problems begin from a default position of not disclosing to their employer that they have a...

Common mental health problems are a major contributor to long-term sickness absence from work and the evidence is weak for...

WorkGuru is an online service aimed at building workplace resilience. Founder Stephany Carolan describes how it works and how her...

Post-traumatic stress disorder can have far-reaching effects on an individual’s life, making even the simplest tasks an ordeal. Noreen Tehrani...