Workplace Issues

Workers who do not receive paid sick leave report higher levels of psychological distress, according to a study published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Only seven states require ... Read More

In the wake of terror attacks and acts of violence around the world—such as the white supremacy demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led a man to plough a vehicle into a ... Read More

Smartphones are having a significant effect on adolescent mental health trends, according to a piece published this week in The Atlantic. According to Jean M. Twenge, who researches generational ... Read More

Two new studies suggest coffee drinkers may live longer. Research published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine collected data on 521,330 Europeans over 16 years. Men with the highest ... Read More

According to a report published by Georgetown Law’s Center on Poverty and Inequality, adults view black girls as young as 5 years old as less innocent and more adult-like than white girls ... Read More

Despite doing well financially, many of the people I work with in therapy struggle with feelings of anxiety, depression, and powerlessness as they experience their work as meaningless and ... Read More

Opioid overdoses, which killed more than 33,000 people in 2015, are now the leading cause of death among people younger than 50. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports ... Read More

Dear GoodTherapy.org, I work in an office where there are multiple layers of management, making it hard for the people at the bottom (like me) to get noticed by the people at the top. We ... Read More

Workplace affairs are on the rise. Research indicates that from 1982 to 1990, 38% of unfaithful wives had affairs starting at work. From 1991 to 2000, 50% of unfaithful wives began an affair ... Read More

Victims of workplace bullying often receive advice that is ineffective or makes things worse, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research. However, they ... Read More

Workers in the United States report feeling stressed and cynical due to political discussions at work, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association (APA). A similar APA ... Read More

The House voted Thursday, by a narrow margin of 217-213, to repeal and replace significant portions of the Affordable Care Act. The bill now moves to the Senate. According to the nonpartisan ... Read More