Word: distresse
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...preventing tragedies lies in the education of both the public and health-care professionals. Mothers who have experienced postpartum distress have started support groups; Depression after Delivery, based in Yardley, Pa., has 14 chapters around the country. Families that have suffered the most devastating loss are trying to contribute too. Thompson's husband Jeff is lobbying California legislators for a bill that will enable women accused of infanticide to remain in custody at a hospital. The couple has found the courage to go on and lead a normal life: in May 1987, four years after killing her baby, Thompson gave...
...While the jobless rate is generally considered to be among the most accurate of the figures the Government puts out, economists argue over how to interpret the number. A 5.6% unemployment rate sounds fairly bad in an absolute sense, but some experts say that it overstates the degree of distress because a large number of those listed as out of work are people who are voluntarily moving from one job to another. According to this line of reasoning, 5.6% unemployment is actually close to "full employment," and any attempt to push the rate much lower will cause inflation to accelerate...
...jury awarded Charlotte Walters $75,000 for emotional distress suffered because the University failed to adequately discipline male workers who harassed her at the workplace. The six-member panel concluded that Harvard's inaction was based on gender discrimination...
After two days of deliberation, however, the jury ruled that Harvard broke its contract with Walters by not treating her the same as men. Walters, who had asked for $300,000 in compensation for lost wages and emotional distress, was awarded...
...particularly healthy either. More and more employees are complaining that they are beset during deskbound hours by a panoply of miseries, from stuffy heads and watery eyes to nosebleeds, headaches and that just-plain-lousy feeling. Doctors and employers have long tended to dismiss such distress as hypochondria, but no longer. Increasingly, the grousing is considered to signal a real problem: indoor air pollution, or, as it is widely known, sick-building syndrome. Says Eileen Claussen, an official of the Environmental Protection Agency: "Pollutants in the indoor environment can cause a serious health risk...