Archive for the ‘Health Care’ Category
PTSD Diagnosis "Changes" for American Vets
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Military vets are exposed to trauma. No secret there. However, the rates of American vets suffering PTSD is skyrocketing because of repeated 1-yr. tours in war zones. Effective July 12, 2010, the VA has a new regulation (subject to termination after the Obama administration leaves office). Described as “relaxed rules,” the vet’s symptoms (irritability, flashbacks, deep depression, and other emotional or behavior problems) will be used by the military clinicians to diagnosis PTSD. The change drops the requirement that events that caused the symptoms be documented.
Tags: American Army, Army, Chapter 5-13, diagnosis, Joshua Kors, military, National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, precipitating events, PTSD, symptoms, VA, VA Watchdog, Veterans for Common Sense
Posted in Employer Action/Inaction, Health Care | 1 Comment »
Stress, Telomeres, New Clinical Tests & the Real World
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
People who attended the Cardiff conference, WBI University or have heard my speeches or workshops, know that I emphasize the science of stress to convey the seriousness of bullying’s impact on people. The primary impact of bullying is the onset of stress-related diseases and other health complications.
Elizabeth Blackburn won the 2009 Nobel prize for Medicine and Physiology. I previously wrote about her work. Briefly, she discovered 20 years ago the telomere, chromosome-protecting caps at the end of strands of DNA. Telomere damage or shortening translates to advanced cellular aging. (more…)
Tags: aging, Elissa Epel, Elizabeth Blackburn, genetic testing, stress, telomeres, UCSF
Posted in Announcements, Health Care | Post a Comment »
Health harm from joblessness: Does anybody care?
Saturday, June 26th, 2010
Finally, read about the health consequences of joblessness, the human side of a “down economy” in response to the heartlessness of politicians.
Worklessness and health – what do we know about the causal
For an easy download of this document, go here.
Tags: cardiovascular, employee health, health, joblessness, stress, unemployment
Posted in Health Care, Social Justice | Post a Comment »
New WBI Coach to join team
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
We proudly announce that a licensed mental health counselor is joining the WBI staff to offer coaching for bullied targets. Prior to this, Dr. Namie, not a clinical psychologist or therapist, was able to offer strategic advice without being able to help on more vexing emotional matters. He will still be available for expert witness and high-level strategizing.
But for individuals overwhelmed by the emotional morass of early-stage bullying or the effects of prolonged exposure to workplace stress, we offer telephone coaching/counseling by Jessi Brown, MS, LMHC, LPC. We plan to offer her telephone services one day per week starting in December. That day has not been determined yet. You can request a 55 min. session with Ms. Brown via e-mail (info at workplacebullying dot org) and we will contact you to select a convenient time.
INTRODUCTORY RATE of $50 (US) per hour.
Tags: coaching, counseling
Posted in Bullying Tutorials, Events, Health Care | 1 Comment »
Health industry bullies proponents, nears "victory"
Monday, August 17th, 2009
On Sunday Aug. 16 Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) said in a live Fox News appearance that the public insurance option does not have the votes to pass in the Senate. Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus (D-MT) from the start of consideration of health insurance reform refused to even consider a Medicare for all, single payer option as an alternative. At one meeting, he had 13 single payer advocates arrested. (more…)
Tags: Baucus, Conrad, Grassley, nurses, Senate Finance Committee
Posted in Health Care, Social Justice | 2 Comments »
Town Hall Bullies
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Every worker — formerly or currently employed — and every employer has a vested interest in the outcome of the federal debate over health insurance reform. Similarly, research shows that 49% of the U.S. workforce is aware of workplace bullying, either through direct experience or witnessing it. What passes for health care reform "debate American-style" comes to Town Hall meetings where Democratic Congressional members face the public at home. In the nation’s capital, there has been little dialogue and lots of bullying.
Tags: bullies, Kathy Castor, Macguffie, Rick Larsen, town hall
Posted in Health Care, Social Justice | 6 Comments »
Economic Distress Prompts Suicide Call Increase
Friday, August 7th, 2009
The federal government through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, part of HHS) is funding an additional $1 million for 20 suicide prevention crisis centers dealing with significantly more calls from people in economic distress (about 25% of the 57,000 calls in July). The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which routes calls to about 140 crisis centers across the country, is
1-800-273-TALK / 1-800-273-8255
Tags: economic crisis, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, SAMHSA, suicide
Posted in Health Care, Science | 3 Comments »
Bullying At Work Made Her Sick but Legal Remedies Are Few
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
by Rebecca Catalanello St. Petersburg (Florida) Times
Article features the brave and bullied target Julie Soderstrom. As well as ridiculous notions from employer attorney Karen Buesing that corporations facing cutbacks are less likely to tolerate the antics of an employee who is perceived to be a bully and “There are too many great people out there who are not abusive.”
And the comment “Could you be a whinier baby? Blame a bully for everything. Perhaps you are just mentally weak…” from Keith. Yeh, right! The pro-corporate mindset has blinded workers to their ability to feel compassion for other workers.
Tags: St. Petersburg Times, WBI-Zogby
Posted in Bullying in the News, Health Care | 5 Comments »
Human Wellbeing: Toward A Better “Success”
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Canadians are again doing something right and Americans should follow their lead. Former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow and others founded, without government funding, the independent, non-partisan Institute of Wellbeing and developed the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW). For example, the CIW considers overwork and stress as social deficits. You can read the first CIW report just recently issued.
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Tags: CIW, homeless, Institute for Wellbeing, OECD, Pew Research, Romanow, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Yamada
Posted in Health Care, Science, Social Justice | Post a Comment »
Bullying Is Epidemic
Monday, July 13th, 2009
Two accepted Public Health thresholds are 200 cases per 100,000 (p=0.002) and the 1996 UK Dept of Health estimate of 400 cases per 100,000 (p=0.004). Relying on our WBI-Zogby US prevalence statistics, 18.5 million workers are currently being bullied. The 200 case threshold is only 294,000 cases and the 400 case threshold is 588,000. Using either epidemiological standard, bullying is an epidemic. Because it spans the continents, it is also pandemic! Finally, a non-technical definition of an epidemic is a disease that spreads more quickly and more extensively among a group of people than would “normally” be expected. Help us all if abusive interpersonal misconduct at work has become the norm and routinely expected.
Tags: epidemic, pandemic, WBI-Zogby
Posted in Bullying Tutorials, Health Care, Science | 1 Comment »
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