� Refuel Bible | Main | David Goodstein's essay: Energy, Technology and Climate: Running Out of Gas �
May 15, 2004
Mental health risks in volunteering
Celia Richardson, of the Mental Health Foundation, told BBC News Online: "The benefits of work and the social inclusion it can bring are well known.
"Volunteering offers many similar benefits."
But she added: "Volunteering, like work, has to be structured and managed to ensure that stress is minimised.
"If people are feeling over-stretched or are witnessing depressing and difficult situations they aren't trained to deal with - and if they aren't offered appropriate protection or counselling - then it is not difficult to imagine they could feel there are negative health consequences attached to volunteering.
"Volunteering is best in an environment which is planned properly to maximise the benefits to the individual as well as the organisation."
BBC NEWS | Health | Volunteering 'bad for the health'
Posted by thdyck on May 15, 2004
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)