‘Sunday Scaries’: two-thirds of Britons suffer anxiety before return to work

Government launches every mind matters' mental health campaign to help sufferers deal with stress and sleeplessness

The Sunday Scaries" regularly affect more than two-thirds of Britons who report work stresses, lack of sleep and looming to-do lists as the primary causes of anxiety before the start of the working week.

The worst affected were young adults with 74% of those aged 18-24 experiencing what psychologists call heightened anticipatory anxiety" as the weekend comes to a close.