(HealthDay News) — Even mild stress can cause long-term disability that prevents people from working, new research suggests. While it has long been known that mental disorders can be a cause of disability, the new findings indicate that the effects of milder forms of stress should be taken more seriously, according to Dheeraj Rai, of [...]

It seems that almost everyone in our modern world is under stress, especially in this economy. Stressors can be acute (the death of a family member, divorce, major illness, job loss) or chronic (daily life). Even positive life events like marriage or having a child can be stressors. The life events tend to be less [...]