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Occupational Stress in agriculture and in cranberry the industry by Hal
Brown, LICSW CONTENTS Depression: Frequently unrecognized and untreated, many farmers and their families suffer needlessly when help is often a doctor's appointment away. This article was revised on April 10, 2002 due to just released studies showing that St. John's Wort is no more effective for depression than sugar pills. See link from WebMD for an easy to understand review of the research. You can read the National Institute of Health press release here, and for even more detail you can read the entire study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) here.
Updated June 26, 2000 Sleep Deprivation: An occupational hazard that can kill you. Updated June 24, 2000 When self-esteem is dependent on factors beyond the farmer's control: Too many farmers base their self-worth on factors they can't control. Here are some things you can do about it. Updated June 24, 2000 Family Conflicts and Farm Stress: You can increase the odds that your family farm will pass successfully from one generation to the next. Updated June 24, 2000 Personality Styles and How You Cope with Farm Stress: Unscientific, perhaps irreverent, but you may recognize yourself and your friends. Updated June 25, 2000 Farm stress and unhappy farm marriages: what happens when your farmer husband needs to change? Do husbands get a bum rap from their wives and from marriage counselors? Updated June 25, 2000 Panic Attacks and Anxiety: Don't let embarrassment keep you from getting treatment! Updated June 24, 2000 The Cranberry Growing Shrink's Perspective: Some personal reflections on being a farmer/shrink, and now an online journalist. Mens Health Prostate and colon cancer screening: Going where the sun don't shine can save your life Three lessons I've learned as a neophyte farmer: 1. Try to be careful; 2. Learn from my mistakes; 3. Self-disclosure is healthier than keeping secrets. A web site of
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