As the number of available jobs continues to decrease, more and more people are having to find employment opportunities outside of their local area. This can often involve a time consuming commute back and forward to work, which can have many effects on the mental health of an individual. The British Household Panel Survey is read more »

According to a Channel 4 documentary, The Secret Life of Buildings, busy modern offices can result in a 32% drop in workers well-being and a 15% reduction in their productivity. There is a common misconception that open plan offices with clean and sterile desks mean that employees feel more compelled to work as they can read more »

Professional services firm Ernst & Young introduce a maternity coaching scheme for staff. With 141,000 employees, Ernst and Young see a lot of people come and go, meaning maintaining talented women and investing in the development of their career is extremely important. The maternity coaching scheme is available to all women across the firm and read more »

Health experts have used data from the World Health Organisation to compare suicide rates across 10 European countries, concluding that the financial crisis has played a role in the rising numbers. Both UK and US researchers identified a rise in the number of suicides among those of a working age between 2007 and 2009, in read more »

According to a recent study conducted by the Everyman Campaign, the average Brit spends 36 minutes worrying everyday, amounting to 9 days each year. The survey of 2,000 adults aged between 18 and 65 found that the cost of living, feeling like you’re stuck in a rut and gaining weight were the top three worries, read more »

Research has revealed that happiness takes the form of a U shaped curve throughout life, dropping in a persons late 20′s and not recovering again until after the 50 years mark. Bert van Landeghem, an economist based at Maastricht University in Belgium has found that whilst young adults are care free and hopeful about life read more »

A recently published study reveals the dangers of taking the ‘hard work won’t kill you’ mantra to the extreme. According to the research, if you frequently work in excess of 11 hours a day then you have an increased of a heart attack. However, it seems that a 67 per cent rise in the risk read more »

Results from an analysis of 7,000 Australian individuals found that good mental health correlates with job satisfaction and quality. Though many studies have found that people in work generally benefit from better mental health than those who are unemployed, very little research has been conducted into how individuals feel about their jobs when they are read more »

According to a survey of 1,000 mothers carried out for Procter and Gamble, 56 per cent of mothers believed they had either equal or less free time than their own mothers, with an average of only 26 minutes per day of ‘me time’. Many of the study participants openly told the researchers that they felt read more »

According to mental health experts depression rates in men are expected to rise over the next few years due to a decline in traditional male professions. Expert in the field Dr Boadie Dunlop from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, wrote in the British Journal of psychiatry that he believes two large shifts read more »