Category: Psychiatry

MONEY WORRIES LEADING TO STRESS ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

March 12, 2010 by SallyPreston

12/3/10

Money worries are the biggest cause of stress in modern life, according to a new survey carried out by ICM Research on behalf of the Priory Group.

Almost a third of respondents cited their finances as being the cause of the most stress in their lives. Women worried more about money with 32% admitting to being stressed due to financial concerns as opposed to 26% of men questioned.

Those aged between 25 years and 44 years are most likely to worry about money with almost half of those questioned suffering stress due to money worries.

Priory Group Leads on Expert Forensic Mental Health Conference

March 2, 2010 by SallyPreston

Priory Group, the UK’s leading provider of independent mental health care, is bringing health experts together for a unique conference, which provides an insight into the field of forensic mental healthcare.

Forensic mental health services allow appropriate and effective treatment of extremely vulnerable people whose behaviours present a risk to themselves as well as others.

Priory warns of dangers of work-related stress

February 3, 2010 by SallyPreston

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PRIORY WARNS OF DANGERS OF WORK-RELATED STRESS

3/2/10

Doctors at the Priory Group, the UK’s leading independent provider of mental healthcare, are advising businesses to make a New Year resolution to tackle stress at work.

The Health and Safety Executive’s official definition of work-related stress is "The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them at work."

Ben Receives Top Prize in Priory Essay Competition

January 8, 2010 by SallyPreston

BEN RECEIVES TOP PRIZE IN PRIORY ESSAY COMPETITION

8/1/10

18-year-old Ben Porter from Kent has scooped the top prize in a national literary competition.

The Priory Ryan McKay prize is awarded each year to the young person who submits the best non-fiction composition on a set topic related to mental and physical health. The subject for 2009 entries was ‘happy with the skin you are in’ and judges deemed that 18-year old Ben Porter’s entry was worthy of the £1,000 top prize.