edited by: Mike Landfair,
Oregon Editor
By Steve Hynd
Yesterday, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mullen told reporters that the Army isn't at a "tipping point" yet, even though the stress of repeated combat deployments has driven Army and Marine Corps suicides up to a record rate alongside cases of post-traumatic stress.
Today, Spencer Ackerman' [...]
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1. In the Fort Hood base shooting what is your leading concern? (A) A rush to judgment or unfair blaming religion for a single person’s act. (B) The Army is not addressing combat stress, [...]
In the aftermath of Major Nidal Malik Hasanallegedly shooting fellow soldiers at Fort Hood Army Baseon Nov. 5, officials said they are redoubling efforts to study the [...]
FRIDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) — If an inept or abrasive boss is ruining your workday, you may be taking that stress to heart, literally. New research links having a poor supervisor to a higher risk of heart attack, and that’s not all: people who don’t [...]
What could possibly have motivated an army shrink to go on a rampage like that? Post-traumatic stress, perhaps? Nope - the 39-year-old Doctor has never served in a war zone; his job consisted of "counselling" soldiers who (unlike him) actually had served in war, and who returned with stress-related disorders. [...]
By Erika Weisensee
Milwaukie writing mom
You’ve probably noticed it, too. The stores are already promoting Christmas and we are barely into November. This seems to happen earlier every year. Sadly, for many women, the holiday season is synonymous with stress—a time that requires decorating, baking, buying, [...]
The September Stress Index information was published today. From the AP article on its metric...
The AP's Economic Stress Index calculates a score from 1 to 100 based on a county's unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy rates. Under a rule of thumb, a county is considered stressed when its score [...]
Reducing Worries: People with less stress can usually sleep better. So, who tends to sleep better, workers or retirees? That depends upon the job, the financial situation upon retirement, one's health, on and on.
The study involved employees from the French national gas and electricity company, Electricité de France-Gaz [...]
