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Poor leadership poses a health risk at work

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Perceived poor managerial leadership increases not only the amount of sick leave taken at a workplace, but also the risk of sickness amongst employees later on in life. The longer a person has had a "poorer" manager, the ...


Employee's loyalty to workplace damaged by unfair treatment

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A new study reveals that unfair treatment of employees is damaging to mental health.


How to ... avoid burnout

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Burnout - a state of mental, physical and emotional exhaustion -- leaves people feeling hopeless about the future. Here are tips from therapists on staying healthy.


Doctors must look after their health too

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Short term counselling followed by a modest cut in work hours may help reduce emotional exhaustion (burnout) and sick leave in doctors, according to a study published on bmj.com today.





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Take fatigue seriously, says researcher

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 31, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Instead of dismissing grumblings about being tired or exhausted, people should take these complaints seriously before they lead to a worsened health state or even death, says a University of Alberta researcher investigating ...


Burned out, depressed surgeons more likely to commit more major medical errors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgeons who are burned out or depressed are more likely to say they had recently committed a major error on the job, according to the largest study to date on physician burnout. The new findings suggest that the mental well-being ...


Internet search process affects cognition, emotion

Internet search process affects cognition, emotion

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Nearly 73 percent of all American adults use the Internet on a daily basis, according to a 2009 Pew Internet and American Life Project survey. Half of these adults use the Web to find information via search ...


Two brain structures key to emotional balance especially in threatening situations

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered that a primitive region of the brain responsible for sensorimotor control also has an important role in regulating emotional responses to threatening situations. This region appears to work in ...


Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese- but not which influences which. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine, sheds ...


Are teenagers wired differently than adults?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parents have long suspected that the brains of their teenagers function differently than those of adults. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, we have begun to appreciate how the brain continues to develop ...


Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Have you ever felt overly upset by a social snubbing? Your genetics, not your friends, may be at fault.


Regulating emotion after experiencing a sexual assault

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After exposure to extreme life stresses, what distinguishes the individuals who do and do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A new study, published in the October 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, sugges ...


Link Between Poor Sleep and Poor Learning in Older Adults Investigated

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are trying to decode why aging prevents sleep from enhancing memory. Rebecca Spencer, assistant professor of psychology, says she is trying to isolate ...


Key to subliminal messaging is to keep it negative, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Subliminal messaging is most effective when the message being conveyed is negative, according to new research.



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