By Andrew Hough 730AM GMT twenty-two March 2010
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Two Department for Communities and Local Government booklets referred to workers diet or try meditation or yoga. Photo JEFF GILBERT 
Ten Whitehall departments released the taxpayer-funded discipline to stressed-out staff. Photo PHIL COBURN Ten Whitehall departments have released the taxpayer-funded discipline to staff at a cost of tens of thousands of pounds.
Details of the booklets and their contents, disclosed underneath the Freedom of Information Act, were marked down an "infuriating rubbish of money" by critics.
Treasury employees since highlight recommendation and told "it"s ok have mistakes" Gordon Brown sets the theatre for May choosing Bullying helpline dangling as gift trainer compiles No 10 dossier Allegations of bullying between officials operative underneath Gordon Brown strictly investigated Sir Gus O"Donnell "never spoke to PM about bullying" Chicken rancher "received some-more remuneration than harmed soldier"In one pamphlet from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, officials pronounced stress-related problems could be caused by carrying "too small work or responsibility" and referred to that pressured workers take up a hobby to assuage anxiety.
The Department for International Developments book warned workers to equivocate apropos dull from "too small pressure" but concede for twenty per cent some-more time to finish tasks they feel could supplement to stress.
"Breathe in and out heavily a couple of times and suppose yourself being successful," it advises workers.
The Dailydisclosed progressing this year that some-more than 1500 Treasury officials, in assign of perplexing to repair the British economy and block the jot down multi-billion bruise deficit, were since recommendation in a 71-page manual.
Veering from the blindingly viewable with recommendation to "smile and be pleasing to others," to instructions that crop up to come from the book of The Office similar to "If you are a physical education instructor take an seductiveness in the wellbeing of people they are your usually asset."
Another square of recommendation is "Learn to giggle at yourself" whilst mandarins are referred to to keep a "stress diary".
Two Department for Communities and Local Government booklets referred to workers diet or try meditation or yoga whilst creation "time for yourself you merit it".
Grant Shapps, the Shadow Housing minister, told the News of the World "The Government competence be improved off concentrating on shortening the country"s necessity than arising recommendation on how to meditate."
A orator for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport pronounced the supervision took workplace reserve and stress-related issues seriously.
"Workplace highlight is an critical issue underneath Health and Safety," he said. "Like all big worker organisations, highlight is of regard as it is one of the greatest causes of illness and absenteeism so it should be treated with colour properly."
Figures from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence last year showed the sum check to the British economy of all stress-related illnesses, together with in isolation and open zone workers, surfaced roughly �24 billion together with fourteen million lost work days.
