Expert Psychologists Ltd
offers individually tailored
services to organisations in the public and private sectors.
We offer specialist in occupational health reports, counselling, psychological therapy, back-to-work programs, Employee Assistance Programmes and specific psychological reports.
Our areas of expertise in occupational health include
Assessment and treatment of mental health problems
Adjustment
disorders
Bullying and harassment
Burn-out
Coping with redundancy
Disability Discrimination Act
Managing conflict
Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)
Occupational stress
Assertiveness and social skills
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areas of expertise
- One third of
all working days lost in the UK are due to common mental
health problems
- Stress has been associated with anxiety, depression, heart disease, back pain and gastrointestinal illnesses.
- One in five people
indicated that they found their work either very or extremely stressful
.
- One in four people will experience mental distress in their lives.
- One in six adults between the ages of 16 and 24 had a common mental health problem that week
- Being out of
work doubled your risk of having a stress or drink problem
- The risk of having a stress or drink problem clears as soon as you get a new job
- Those out of work were five times more likely to have a drugs problem than those in work.
- Of those interviewed 1 in 20 had a problem with drink, 1 in 40 had a problem with drugs
Facts about mental health in Britain (1990)
- By far the most common was a mix of anxiety and depression.
- The most common symptoms were fatigue, sleep problems, irritability and worry
- Women were about twice as likely to have these problems than men.
- Stress was more common among those who lived in towns and cities compared to the country
- There was a strong link between poor physical health and poor mental health
- One in four
people with stress had not been to the doctor often because they
felt no-one could help
- At any one time one in ten children have a mental health condition.
- Work-related stress costs society between £3.7 billion and £3.8 billion a year
(1995/96 prices).
- Latest figures estimate 12.8 million working days were lost to stress, depression and anxiety in 2004/5.
References
ACAS
Health and Safety Executive
The Sainsbury
Centre for Mental Health ( 2007). We
need to talk; the case for psychological therapy on the NHS
Jenkins et al. (2003). British Psychiatric Morbidity Survey.
International Review of Psychiatry, 15, 14 -18.
Clinics:
10 Harley Street, London
Apley Clinic, Telford
Holmfield Consulting Rooms, Leicester
Leicester Nuffield Hospital
Shropshire Nuffield Hospital
Wolverhampton Nuffield Hospital
South Bank Hospital, Worcester
Spire Clinic, Droitwich
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