MPs’ staff are suffering from growing levels of serious psychological distress amid heightened tensions over the war in the Middle East, a survey has found. Nearly half of the 3,700 workers employed by MPs experienced clinical stress similar to emergency service workers last year, the findings suggest. One in five said they feared for their… Continue reading MPs’ staff suffer rising levels of psychological distress, survey finds | Mental health
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The psychological immune system: four ways to bolster yours – and have a happier, calmer life | Health & wellbeing
Our minds are more resilient than we know. According to a growing body of research, first popularised by psychologists Daniel Gilbert and Tim Wilson in the early 2000s, the brain has a remarkable capacity to make the best of bad events: when we encounter negative situations we subconsciously activate what is known as our psychological… Continue reading The psychological immune system: four ways to bolster yours – and have a happier, calmer life | Health & wellbeing
Leah Remini sues Church of Scientology, says she’s been threatened and subjected to ‘psychological torture’
LOS ANGELES — Actor Leah Remini filed a lawsuit against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, alleging that she has been threatened, harassed and stalked for the past decade. The “King of Queens” star says she has been the victim of “intentional malicious and fraudulent rumors via hundreds of Scientology-controlled and -coordinated social… Continue reading Leah Remini sues Church of Scientology, says she’s been threatened and subjected to ‘psychological torture’