August/September 2014 (vol. 11/2)

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Conference News: Science at the SOM

Highlights of the 2014 annual scientific meeting of the Society of Occupational Medicine

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CHRONIC EMBITTERMENT

Although stress can be associated with common psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety, it can also be associated with other non-psychiatric triggers. These include 'chronic embitterment' experienced in response to a negative event within the workplace, said Tom Sensky, emeritus professor of psychological medicine at Imperial College. Speaking at the Society of Occupational Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting in Nottingham[1], Sensky said that …     

Rebecca Ghani is news and features writer at Occupational Health [at Work].

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Occupational Health at Work August/September 2014 (vol. 11/2) pp39-41

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