Global financial crisis causes national stress

The global financial crisis is wiping out the investments and savings of people and even people unaffected by it are feeling the stress. Doctors at VIMHANS in Delhi say they have recorded a three-fold increase in young executives suffering from stress in the last three weeks "We see an emerging sense of uncertainty, helplessness and a degree of anxiety," says Dr Jitender Nagpal, a psychiatrist at Vimhans.