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Careers, education & training Stress affects people in different
ways Stress can affect people in different ways, with such
feelings caused by a number of various factors. This is
according to Professor Marie Johnston, Emeritus Professor of
Health Psychology at the University of Aberdeen who was speaking
in response to new figures from the Health and Safety Executive.
Professor Johnston is a Chartered Psychologist and an Honorary
Member of the British Psychological Society. According to the
statistics, more than 10 million working days are lost in
Britain as a result of work-related stress, with each individual
case averaging 30 days away from the job - costing society
around £5 billion each year. Professor Johnston - who has
provided a talk on the subject alongside Senior Lecturer in
Primary Care at the University Dr Peter Murchie as part of the
institute's Cafe Med series - stated: "Some people can get
weepy, others can get worked up, while stress c