Evaluating a pilot mental health awareness for managers' training course.

Background: Despite the substantial personal and economic consequences of mental ill-health, and the relationship between mental ill-health and poor management provision, further work is needed to provide a robust evaluation of employment interventions to address mental ill-health in the workplace.

Aims: To provide a pilot service evaluation of a UK organization's mental health awareness for managers' training provision.

Methods: Participants were 93 employees at a UK-based organization who attended one of the three different types of, independently facilitated, half-day training courses designed to raise managers' awareness and understanding of mental health.

Calcium-dependence of Donnan potentials in glycerinated rabbit psoas muscle in rigor, at and beyond filament overlap; a role for titin in the contractile process.

In glycerinated rabbit psoas muscle, Donnan potential measurements demonstrated that the net electric charge on the actin-myosin matrix undergoes a sharp switch-like transition at pCa(50) = 6.8. The potentials are 2 mV less negative at the lower pCa(2+) (P < 0.

Reliability of maximal voluntary muscle strength and power testing in older men.

Background: Maximal voluntary muscle strength (MVMS) and leg power are important measures of physical function in older adults. We hypothesized that performing these measures twice within 7-10 days would demonstrate a >5% increase due to learning and familiarization of the testing procedures.

Methods: Data were collected from three studies in older adult men (60-87 years) and were divided into two cohorts defined by study site and type of exercise equipment.

Stress in UK intensive care unit doctors.

Background: Doctors have long been considered at risk of occupational stress.

Methods: A postal survey of all members of the Intensive Care Society using validated instruments.

Results: Eight-five per cent of members returned questionnaires and 70% were eligible for the study.