http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Witnessing or being on the receiving end of bullying at work heightens the risk of employees being prescribed antidepressants, sleeping pills, and tranquillisers, finds research published in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-workplace-bullying-ups-prescriptions-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:30:04 EST news274554507 (Medical Xpress)—Recent high profile cases of workplace bullying highlight New Zealand's legislative weaknesses in this area, say academics from Massey University and AUT. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-code-workplace-bullying.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:30:03 EST news265014850 Merely showing up to work in an environment where bullying goes on is enough to make many of us think about quitting, a new study suggests. Canadian researchers writing in the journal Human Relations published by SAGE, have found that nurses not bullied directly, but who worked in an environment where workplace bullying occurred, felt a stronger urge to quit than those actually being bullied. These findings on 'ambient' bullying have significant implications for organizations, as well as contributing a new statistical approach to the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ambient-bullying-employees-urge.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:55:38 EST news260182509