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New French Law Makes It Illegal To Contact Employees After Work Hour

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Living with Anxiety

Up to a third of the population will suffer from an anxiety disorder or panic attacks at some point in their life. But what are we all so afraid of? A good article in The Guardian: -

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/15/anxiety-epidemic-gripping-britain

The truth about Self Harm

Today is self-harm awareness day. Self-harm affects around 400 in 100,000 people in the UK – the highest rate of any country in Europe. What's more concerning is that these figures are likely to be higher as many people who self-harm do not seek help or tell anyone about it. Although self-harm can affect anyone, the majority of people who report self-harm are aged between 11 and 25.

In support of the day, The Mental Health Foundation has released an updated version of their booklet, “The truth about self-harm”. This resource includes insights from the National Inquiry into self-harm among young people. The inquiry heard from young people who self-harm and those who work with or care about them.
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https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/truth-about-self-harm

Do I like you? Opinion set in milliseconds

Humans assess each other within milliseconds, deciding whether someone is likeable or not. The Freiburg psychologist and neuroscientist Dr. Bastian Schiller and a team at the University of Basel in Switzerland are the first to have discovered the subconscious processes in the brain and the order in which they occur that determine how humans process social information such as likability or antipathy.

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Stress management techniques improve long-term mood and quality of life for women with breast cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150323075936.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fmind_brain%2Fanxiety+%28Anxiety+News+--+ScienceDaily%29 ..