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- About the Centre
- Centre staff
- The Wellcome Trust
- Research projects
- Past research projects
- Health and Masculinity in Post-war Britain
- Rewriting the System of Nature: Linnaeus's Use of Writing Technologies
- Mental Illness and Returning Patient Care in the Early NHS
- One Person's Food is Another's Poison
- Retrieving and Preserving Modern Mental Health Records
- A Case Study of the Influenza Pandemic 1889-1890
- Assessment of Exeter Partnership NHS Trust Records
- Health, Heredity and the Environment 1850 - 2000
- Medical Archive Project
- Medicine and Surgery through Time: Developing Links with Learners
- Medicine, Health and the Arts in Post-War Britain
- The History of Stress
- Project staff and advisory board
- Public events
- National stress awareness day
- Environments, Expertise and Experience
- Postgraduate study in Medical History
- News and events
- Staff publications
- Useful links
National Stress Awareness Day
National Stress Awareness Day is on Wednesday 6 November 2013. It is publicised and facilitated by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA).
ISMA defines stress as "an adverse response to what an individual perceives as too much pressure". It is generally agreed that stress is not good for you, and that there are some unhealthy and negative symptoms associated with it.
A Labour Force Survey has estimated that self-reported work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounted for an estimated 13.5 million lost working days in Britain in 2007/08. The Health & Safety Executive reported in the 2007 Psychosocial Working Conditions survey that approximately 13.6% of all working individuals thought their job was very or extremely stressful.
A huge body of self-help advice and information in various forms and of varying quality has grown up around the phenomenon of "stress". Links to a few online resources are included below:
- Gov.uk (information and advice on workplace stress)
- Health & Safety Executive (more information and advice on dealing with workplace stress)
- Netdoctor (advice on spotting and dealing with stress symptoms)
- University of Exeter, Occupational Health (stress strategies - of particular interest to University of Exeter employees)
Please email Claire Keyte if you would like to suggest any other useful links and sources of information.
