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Fenugreek in Management of Neurological and Psychological Disorders
Published in Dilip Ghosh, Prasad Thakurdesai, Fenugreek, 2022
Rohini Pujari, Prasad Thakurdesai
Occupational stress is defined as harmful emotional and physical responses produced when the job’s obligations, which in turn, produce a state of “burnout,” resulting in injury, illness, and job incapability (Marotta et al. 2011). Chronic exposure to such stress can cause several health issues, including immune system suppression, cardiovascular disorders, and neuropsychological disorders due to impairment of neurotransmission (Caixeta et al. 2012). The conventional treatment strategies include treating with opioid drugs such as methadone and buprenorphine, but they are associated with addiction liabilities upon chronic use (Barry et al. 2011). Hence, additional options to manage occupational stress are needed.
Psychosocial Stressors at Work and Stress Prevention Methods among Medical Staff of Psychiatric and Addiction Treatment Wards
Published in Dorota Żołnierczyk-Zreda, Emotional Labour in Work with Patients and Clients, 2020
According to European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), 25% of European workers experience work-related stress all, or most of the working time, and a similar proportion believe that work has a negative impact on their health [EU-OSHA 2014a]. Work-related stress is experienced when the demands of the working environment exceed the worker’s ability to cope with those requirements [EU-OSHA 2002]. Occupational stress is closely related to psychosocial risk factors, which include excessive workload and work pace, job insecurity, inflexible shift system, irregular working hours, poor social relations and communication, weak job control, lack of role clarity, poor career development opportunities and work-family conflict [Cox 1993].
What is burnout?
Published in Adam Staten, Combatting Burnout, 2019
However, if the problem is not recognised and is left untended, the long term consequences, both physical and mental, can be severe. Physical health problems that have been linked to occupational stress include an increased rate of myocardial infarction, and a poor prognosis following an ischaemic event, the metabolic syndrome, and even a postulated link with the formation of stones in the urinary tract.12–14 Burnout is very bad for your health.
Impact of Stress-Coping Strategies on Personnel’s Mental Health during Naval Dispatch of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Destroyer
Published in Military Behavioral Health, 2022
Tetsufumi Suda, Atsuko Takizawa, Kazumi Hatano, Takahide Kanatake, Kazuhiro Fujino
Managing mental health is one of the most important issues in military medicine. This is because mental health problems have a negative impact not only on individual military personnel health, but also the mental health of their workplace and department, and influence the continuity of military operations (Westphal, 2007). In particular, mental health problems at sea may cause a severe reduction in performance exacerbated by the difficulty in changing personnel during long-term offshore mission. Moreover, when mental health problems are related to occupational stress, the ways of reducing stressors are limited, except for changing personnel. Casey (2018) pointed out that military personnel could develop maladjustment since it is difficult for them to escape operational stressors related to their duty environment. This is particularly true when at sea. Therefore, the navies of most countries are concerned about and conduct assessments on the mental health conditions of their personnel. For example, the U.S. Navy has conducted pre- and post-deployment health assessments, including assessments on mental health (Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, n.d.).
Ruminations and occupational stress as predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder and burnout among police officers
Published in International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2022
Zygfryd Juczyński, Nina Ogińska-Bulik
The negative effects of occupational stress in the form of mental health issues, low workplace productivity, medical leave or resigning from work can be mitigated by various interventions, workshops and programs that raise the awareness of problems related to occupational stress, PTSD and burnout. The results of our survey suggest that there are many different mechanisms of the development of PTSD and burnout, which may be related to exposure to different types of stress: acute stress related to traumatic events and chronic stress resulting from work conditions. Police officers are more effective in coping with traumatic stressors than with stressful work conditions. About 1 in 10 police officers experiences strong symptoms of PTSD and 3 in 10 police officers show symptoms of occupational burnout. This leads to a practical conclusion that, above all, we need to prevent stress in the everyday work of police officers.
Development and application of an in-house health care program to improve the physical and mental health of working mothers: A pilot study
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2020
Based on my analysis of working mother’s findings on health problem, I suggest that it is necessary to manage not only physical problems, but also mental health problems to improve working mother’s health. In addition, the mental health condition of working mothers was worse than their physical health condition; thus, I believe the approach to working mothers' mental health problems is very important. After the interventions, all of the dependent values including MCS, NPRS, BDI, and BAI were improved, except PCS. Occupational stress is associated with poor health and chronic diseases (Babu et al., 2014). Based on findings of my research, I suggest that the health care programs applied in this study are effective in improving the mental health, including depression and anxiety, of working mothers. In addition, the health care program in this study decreased the pain intensity of musculoskeletal symptoms of the working mothers; however, there was no significant difference in the PCS. Working mothers experience physical stress related to their labor, both in the workplace and at home (Ko & Chen, 2010), which could explain the lack of a significant difference in PCS in this study. NRS, however, decreased from 6.6 to 2.8. It would, therefore, seem reasonable to consider the health care program as effective in decreasing the musculoskeletal pain of working mothers.