Times of economic uncertainty can result in fear and anxiety, making it difficult for mangers to lead their organisations successfully. The author suggests some strategies intended to support leadership practice and to help manage emotional wellbeing. A table is included that lists five different types of fear with alternative strategies for managing our emotional wellbeing.
Times of economic uncertainty can result in fear and anxiety, making it difficult for mangers to lead their organisations successfully. The author suggests some strategies intended to support leadership practice and to help manage emotional wellbeing. A table is included that lists five different types of fear with alternative strategies for managing our emotional wellbeing.
This article discusses the importance of sleep for good mental and physical health. It also covers the links between anxiety, stress and sleep disorders; and cognitive behavioural therapies that can help in cases of insomnia.
This article discusses the importance of sleep for good mental and physical health. It also covers the links between anxiety, stress and sleep disorders; and cognitive behavioural therapies that can help in cases of insomnia.
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 11(4), December 2007, pp.359-370.
Publisher:
Sage
Place of publication:
London
Clinical reports suggest that anxiety is a pertinent issue for adults with autism. This study compared 34 adults with autism with 20 adults with intellectual disabilities, utilizing informant-based measures of anxiety and stress. Groups were matched by age, gender and intellectual ability. Adults with autism were almost three times more anxious than the comparison group and gained significantly higher scores on the anxiety subscales of panic and agoraphobia, separation anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In terms of sources of stress, significant differences between the two groups were also found, and stress was found to correlate with high anxiety levels for the autism group, particularly the ability to cope with change, anticipation, sensory stimuli
Clinical reports suggest that anxiety is a pertinent issue for adults with autism. This study compared 34 adults with autism with 20 adults with intellectual disabilities, utilizing informant-based measures of anxiety and stress. Groups were matched by age, gender and intellectual ability. Adults with autism were almost three times more anxious than the comparison group and gained significantly higher scores on the anxiety subscales of panic and agoraphobia, separation anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. In terms of sources of stress, significant differences between the two groups were also found, and stress was found to correlate with high anxiety levels for the autism group, particularly the ability to cope with change, anticipation, sensory stimuli and unpleasant events. That is, the more anxious the individual with autism, the less likely they were able to cope with these demands. This has important implications for clinicians in terms of both assessment and treatment.
Community Mental Health Journal, 43(1), February 2007, pp.1-12.
Publisher:
Springer
The purpose of this study was to predict women’s minor psychiatric morbidity after they had childbirth as measured repeatedly at the first, the third, and the fifth weeks of the postpartum period. The Chinese Health Questionnaire, the Postpartum Stress Scale, the Zung’s Self-rating Depression Scale and Anxiety Scale, and the Social Support Scale were used at the three points of time. A total of 526 women in Taiwan participated in the study. The results indicated that postpartum stress and anxiety are important predictors for postpartum women’s minor psychiatric morbidity at three points in time.
The purpose of this study was to predict women’s minor psychiatric morbidity after they had childbirth as measured repeatedly at the first, the third, and the fifth weeks of the postpartum period. The Chinese Health Questionnaire, the Postpartum Stress Scale, the Zung’s Self-rating Depression Scale and Anxiety Scale, and the Social Support Scale were used at the three points of time. A total of 526 women in Taiwan participated in the study. The results indicated that postpartum stress and anxiety are important predictors for postpartum women’s minor psychiatric morbidity at three points in time.
Subject terms:
postnatal depression, social networks, stress, anxiety;
British Journal of Psychiatry, 189(6), December 2006, pp.481-483.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
The nosological organisation of DSM–IV and ICD–10 does not capture the empirical structure of the mood and anxiety disorders. Instead, they form a broad group of ‘internalising’ disorders with two subclasses: distress disorders and fear disorders. This empirical structure should form the basis for revised taxonomies in DSM–V and ICD–11.
The nosological organisation of DSM–IV and ICD–10 does not capture the empirical structure of the mood and anxiety disorders. Instead, they form a broad group of ‘internalising’ disorders with two subclasses: distress disorders and fear disorders. This empirical structure should form the basis for revised taxonomies in DSM–V and ICD–11.
This edition of the Mental Health Handbook has now been republished with many additions to the original work. It contains an expanded treasury of successful handouts to photocopy covering many areas of mental health rehabilitation: Stress, depression, changing habits and behaviour, anxiety, assertion and caring for others
This edition of the Mental Health Handbook has now been republished with many additions to the original work. It contains an expanded treasury of successful handouts to photocopy covering many areas of mental health rehabilitation: Stress, depression, changing habits and behaviour, anxiety, assertion and caring for others
Subject terms:
mental health problems, stress, anxiety, depression;
... a very significant correlation between perceived stress and each of the following variables: state and trait anxiety, depression, HIV-related symptoms, sleep quality and daytime sleepiness and fatigue. Further, the model suggests that psychological factors may contribute to perceived stress in this population more than psychological factors such as HIV-related symptomatology or stage of disease.
The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation of perceived stress with selected physiological and psychological factors in an HIV-infected, predominantly African American population and to assess the multivariable effects on perceived stress. The variables that correlated significantly with perceived stress were entered into a backward stepwise regression model. The results indicate a very significant correlation between perceived stress and each of the following variables: state and trait anxiety, depression, HIV-related symptoms, sleep quality and daytime sleepiness and fatigue. Further, the model suggests that psychological factors may contribute to perceived stress in this population more than psychological factors such as HIV-related symptomatology or stage of disease.
British Journal of Health Psychology, 11(3), September 2006, pp.501-511.
Publisher:
Wiley
The aim of this investigation was to study the relationships between sleep-related worry and subjective sleep perception as a function of stage of chronicity. A cross-sectional study consisting of 136 individuals with a short history of insomnia was used. The 136 participants were grouped to form two different levels of chronicity based on their duration of insomnia: short (3-7 months; n=69) and long (>7-12 months; n=67). Two domains of sleep-related worry (sleeplessness and health) were used as predictors of subjective sleep perception (sleep onset latency, time awake after sleep onset, and total sleep time). The association between worry for sleeplessness and subjective sleep perception was significantly different across the stages of chronicity. In the group with a short duration of insomnia, worry for sleeplessness was not related to subjective sleep perception. Worry for sleeplessness was however a significant predictor of subjective sleep perception in the group with a long duration of insomnia (unique variance: 33% on sleep onset latency, 19% on time awake after sleep onset, and 13% on total sleep time). Even if marked differences were observed between the two groups, worry for health was not significantly different across stages of chronicity on subjective sleep perception. This suggests that the role of sleep-related worry to subjective sleep perception may increase over time. Given that worry was a mechanism with an increasingly stronger impact over time, this supports the idea that worry is a potential mechanism related to the development of insomnia.
The aim of this investigation was to study the relationships between sleep-related worry and subjective sleep perception as a function of stage of chronicity. A cross-sectional study consisting of 136 individuals with a short history of insomnia was used. The 136 participants were grouped to form two different levels of chronicity based on their duration of insomnia: short (3-7 months; n=69) and long (>7-12 months; n=67). Two domains of sleep-related worry (sleeplessness and health) were used as predictors of subjective sleep perception (sleep onset latency, time awake after sleep onset, and total sleep time). The association between worry for sleeplessness and subjective sleep perception was significantly different across the stages of chronicity. In the group with a short duration of insomnia, worry for sleeplessness was not related to subjective sleep perception. Worry for sleeplessness was however a significant predictor of subjective sleep perception in the group with a long duration of insomnia (unique variance: 33% on sleep onset latency, 19% on time awake after sleep onset, and 13% on total sleep time). Even if marked differences were observed between the two groups, worry for health was not significantly different across stages of chronicity on subjective sleep perception. This suggests that the role of sleep-related worry to subjective sleep perception may increase over time. Given that worry was a mechanism with an increasingly stronger impact over time, this supports the idea that worry is a potential mechanism related to the development of insomnia.
One of the most alarming experiences has to be losing control over one's thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Everyone knows that if they lose control over the simple things, they are no longer running their lives. The fear of mental illness is not exclusive to high levels of anxiety and panic, although it is the commonest source. There are many symptoms that terrify people simply because they can't
One of the most alarming experiences has to be losing control over one's thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Everyone knows that if they lose control over the simple things, they are no longer running their lives. The fear of mental illness is not exclusive to high levels of anxiety and panic, although it is the commonest source. There are many symptoms that terrify people simply because they can't be explained - flashbacks to traumatic incidents, panic attacks, inability to concentrate or sleep. Psychological distress has a stigma that physical disease doesn't share. Well meaning suggestions are laced with judgement. Those who can't pull themselves together are thought spineless, lazy or weak. In this climate of achievement, success and money, who wants to employ someone who has had a 'nervous breakdown'? In this book, the authors chart the course of psychological distress from the minor to the major, clearly documenting what happens and what doesn't. They aim to make mental illness understandable and inseparable from the experience of being human. And the question the attitude and behaviour of the medical profession towards it.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, stress, anxiety, diagnosis;
British Journal of Psychiatry, 187(2), August 2005, pp.182-183.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Research has suggested that the high levels of depression and anxiety observed in Parkinson's disease are a primary consequence of its pathophysiology. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that a psychological factor, metacognitive style, is significantly associated with distress, independent of previously identified disease-related risk factors. Participants were recruited from two branches
Research has suggested that the high levels of depression and anxiety observed in Parkinson's disease are a primary consequence of its pathophysiology. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that a psychological factor, metacognitive style, is significantly associated with distress, independent of previously identified disease-related risk factors. Participants were recruited from two branches of the Parkinson's Disease Society and three out-patient clinics in the north of England. Distress, metacognitive style and disease factors were assessed in 44 people with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. People with a specific metacognitive style had an increased vulnerability to distress over and above previously identified disease factors; this suggests future directions for the development of psychological interventions.