The article entitled ”The Duress of Success” (July 12) gave an excellent overview of the causes and effects of work-related stress. As a clinical psychologist working in the area of stress analysis and management with businesses and employees, I am adding the article to my recommended-reading list.
LA PEARL LOGAN WINFREY
Director, Dearborn Center of the Chicago School of
Professional Psychology
Chicago
In the 21 years my husband has run the family farm operation since the death of his father, he has never filed a claim for work-related stress or injury. After all, to whom would he file? Your story ignored the positive side of being an employee in today`s work force: Such items as health care insurance and paid vacations are not part of the ”package” for the self-employed.
Stress? Whom do we see to recoup the losses of bringing a crop through a season only to see it taken away by a freeze, drought or hailstorm?
Your story would have us feel sorry for a postal worker who has nothing more invested in his job than his underwear.
I think it`s time more people looked at the real world and counted their blessings on the job, perhaps even showed their appreciation for that job and the many benefits it provides them.
ELISABETH H. DALY
Daly Farms
Benton Harbor, Mich.
School daze
Your story on Amy Madigan (”Once in Love With Acting,” July 12) has her ”graduating from Mount Carmel High School, where she was a cheerleader.”
I always thought that Mount Carmel was an all-boys school. Maybe Amy graduated from nearby Aquinas Dominican High School and was only a cheerleader for Mount Carmel.
ALEXANDER G. KAPOCIUS
Orland Park
No maybe about it. Our mistake.-Ed
