"Managing anxiety is for all those who suffer or know someone who suffers from anxiety. All key people-staff should learn and gain an understanding about anxiety and its effects on others who live with it, and how best to help or support them. Covering types of anxiety, a little bit of biology, causes, reactions and distinguishing anxiety from stress and depression.
• Know what anxiety is, its effects on individuals and what it isn’t.
• Be able to discuss the impact of anxiety on yourself, colleagues, on working life and or personal life.
• Know the role of the manager, employer, and colleague of an anxious person – and the role of the sufferer.
• Be able to draw sensible comparisons between anxiety and physical illnesses."