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The food we eat and the products we use should not contribute to human misery. While companies hold some blame, so do consumers who avoid dealing with the consequences of their purchasing decisions.
Data from a workplace barometer study show more than a quarter of employees felt depressed often, a half said depression affected their lives and for 8% life was “very or extremely difficult”.
Over half of Australian teachers suffer from anxiety and nearly one-fifth are depressed.
Has anyone close to you asked you to cut down on your work? Do you feel guilty that you’re not spending enough time with your friends, family or even yourself? It might be time for change.
It matters whether you feel like your boss cares about you.
Pledging to destigmatise mental health in the workplace is admirable, but it comes with problems too.
Research suggests that 70% of people will experience an illogical sense of being a phoney at work at some point in their careers.
Abusive bosses might be to blame for the growing epidemic of mental ill health among UK workers.
Today it’s estimated that we take in about five times as much information as we did 25 years ago, and that we process as much data in a day as our 15th century ancestors would have in their lifetime.
Burnout is hard to diagnose, as it is not featured in the manual of mental disorders.
Shakespeare wrote of the ‘seven ages of man’, and our appetite for food changes as we age too – with implications for our health.
A happier, healthier work life is easy to achieve.
Basically, we need to work less.
Celebrating mental health is a great opportunity to make the right changes to keep workers happy – and productive.
It’s a demanding job, but all indicators suggest that the Queen is still up to it.
Nature is dispersed through our cities, even if we don’t notice it. And there’s abundant evidence that engaging with nature, even in urban settings, is good for us.
Humour doesn’t just help people deal with tension in the workplace, it can also help them work through complex problems.
Being underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math means women can be made to feel they don’t belong, with long-term mental health consequences.
In many of the workplaces I visit as a neuroscientist, stressed workers behave much like addicted lab rats. But you don’t have to quit the rat race to start feeling better at work.
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Emeritus Professor University of South Australia, Adelaide University
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Scientia Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW
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Associate Professor for Responsible Business, Middlesex University
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Senior Research Fellow in wellbeing at work, Adelaide University
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Professor of Information and Knowledge Management, Loughborough University
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Professor of Information Systems, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Management, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor, Critical and Cultural Studies, Macquarie University
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Scientist and Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
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Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, University of Essex
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Researcher at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University, Stockholm University
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Senior Research Associate in Public Health, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University