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Ask Amy: Self-deprecating statements about mental health create a trying work environment

Dear Amy: My little sister died nearly two years ago by suicide after years of battling PTSD from sexual assaults when she was a teenager. I started a new job three months ago. I love all my colleagues. We are prosecutors and advocates for victims. It is hard and exhausting work. For my colleagues, this …

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Army awards medical school for work supporting medical students and military medical efforts

Army awards medical school for work supporting medical students and military medical efforts

In the Class of 2022 in June, medical graduate and U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Collin Bennett MD ’22, flanked by his parents, is promoted to his current rank by Arthur Eisenbrey, MD ’86, Ph.D ’80 as Christopher Steffes, MD, Res. ’93, look. The Office of Student Affairs at Wayne State University School of Medicine was …

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How Silly Distractions at Work Can Boost Your Happiness and Focus

How Silly Distractions at Work Can Boost Your Happiness and Focus

Share on PinterestA pleasant short break from work can improve your mood and improve your concentration. Luis Alvarez/Getty Images A new study reveals that taking a positive break from work, like watching a funny video, can recharge you. Exercising constant self-control depletes your internal resources. Positive emotions help us recover from negative emotions. Taking a …

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Europe's climate ambitions must be met by socially just and inclusive policies

Europe’s climate ambitions must be met by socially just and inclusive policies

Brussels, Belgium. As Europe takes more and more concrete steps to make the Green Deal a reality, more than 1,200 participants and 75 speakers gathered to discuss the social dimension of the green transition at the first European Forum on the employment and social rights. For two days, President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commissioner …

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Melanie Dallas: Highland Rivers will implement a new model

Melanie Dallas: Highland Rivers will implement a new model

It’s no secret that we in the public sector use a lot of abbreviations: CSB, which stands for Community Service Board, a Georgia public safety net behavioral health service provider, such as Highland Rivers Behavioral Health ; DBHDD, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which is Georgia’s statewide behavioral health agency; and SAMHSA, …

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BEST PLACES TO WORK: Vanguard Skin Specialists

BEST PLACES TO WORK: Rocky Mountain Health Care Services

According to a leader of the non-profit association. Last year, Rocky Mountain was selected as the best place to work for employers with 300 or more employees in The Gazette’s Best Workplaces program. The non-profit organization was also selected in 2020 as one of the 110 employers awarded as best places to work. Executive Summer …

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Telling Americans to “eat better” doesn’t work. We need to make healthier food | Marc Bitman

DEti-related chronic diseases are the number one perennial killer in the United States, responsible for more deaths than Covid-19, even at the height of the pandemic. Yet we fail to define this as a “crisis”. In fact, our answer is lame: For decades, we’ve been telling people to “eat better,” a strategy that hasn’t worked …

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Well-being at work: how to improve it and what makes it worse

Well-being at work: how to improve it and what makes it worse

Ian Edwards has long sought to improve the well-being of Nomura employees, but in recent years he has observed new pressures on their physical and mental health, productivity and retention in the workforce. As health and safety manager for the Japanese bank’s UK operations, he has seen a noticeable increase in stress related to caring …

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