December 2009

Stressed worker

A new study shines a light on depression in the workplace, suggesting that psychological stress at the office — or wherever people earn their paychecks — can make it more difficult for depressed workers to perform their jobs and be productive.

“There is a large economic cost and a human cost,” said study lead author Debra Lerner, Ph.D., director, Program on Health, Work and Productivity, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center.

“We need to develop and test programs that directly try to address the employment of people with depression.” [continue reading…]

Social media sites, like Facebook, have connected everyone from former flames to current coworkers. But what about your doctors? More and more doctors are signing on to social networking sites.

So where do you draw the line between patient and personal? continue reading
Source: CBS

Taking into consideration the context of the professional relationship, friending your doc doesn’t seem to be either ethical or appropriate. – Here in BC the Practice Code of Conduct is quite specific with regard to the obligations that psychologists are required to observe in accordance with the clients welfare.

We’d love to hear your thoughts on this.

Grief can’t be shared. Everyone carries it alone, his own burden, his own way.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

grief A death of a loved one, a job loss, the end of a marriage, an illness or disability. Everyone faces losses and grief, but the toll that grief can take on the mind and body can catch many people by surprise.

The December issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s Health Source provides an overview of grief — a normal reaction to loss. In years past, grief often was described as following a certain pattern or orderly progression from one feeling to another. [continue reading…]