...Week#2: Stress and Illness in the Workplace Matrix HCA/250 Helene Garcia 2/10/2012 Serina Madden Associate Level Material Stress and Illness in the Workplace Matrix Use the following table to describe the relationship between stress and health in the workplace and to identify ways to reduce stress in the workplace. If you use additional sources, include citations consistent with APA guidelines. What is the relationship between stress and health in the workplace? | Stress and health are directly affected by our place of work. I view it like this: we are often surrounded by our coworkers, more than we are by our extended families. For this reason, the level of stress that a particular work environment may cause can be detrimental to a person’s health. When anyone is stressed, it can create a number of problems with their health. For example, my aunt was a social worker for 20 years in New York. Her career was so stressful that when she returned from a one- week vacation, she was so overwhelmed and stressed out by her work load; she had a stroke that forced her into early retirement. | Identify a situation in which you experienced stress in the workplace or provide a fictional example. | A very recent encounter that I actually had experienced stress in my workplace was one that involved my boss and me alone. I had been scheduled to work 4 late shifts, out of 5 working days. Every other employee only had to work 1 late shift. I brought it to her attention...
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...between stress and health in the workplace and to identify ways to reduce stress in the workplace. If you use additional sources, include citations consistent with APA guidelines. What is the relationship between stress and health in the workplace? Mood and sleep disturbances, upset stomach and headache, and disturbed relationships with family and friends are examples of stress-related problems. These early signs of job stress are usually easy to recognize. The effects of job stress on chronic diseases are more difficult to see because chronic diseases take a long time to develop and can be influenced by many factors other than stress. Stress plays an important role in several types of chronic health problems-especially cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal disorders, and psychological disorders. Identify a situation in which you experienced stress in the workplace or provide a fictional example. A week before Christmas, I was working 8 hour days. Not only did I have to preform like 5 different jobs that day, I also had to deal with many customers that was mad at the world for some reason. After about two hours, I started to get a headache and feel sick to my stomach. The worst thing is, that I really felt like I was going to “snap” on someone soon. Thankfully, I asked my manager if I could go outside for a few minutes and get some fresh air. When I got outside I put positive thoughts in my head and happily finished out my shift. List ways to reduce stress in the workplace...
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...Associate Level Material Stress and Illness in the Workplace Matrix Use the following table to describe the relationship between stress and health in the workplace and to identify ways to reduce stress in the workplace. If you use additional sources, include citations consistent with APA guidelines. |What is the relationship between stress and health in the workplace? |The relationship between stress and health can be regarded as a physiological aspect that could affect health and wellness. Stress| | |in the workplace can lead to a person becoming ill or shutting down both mentally and physically. Stress can not only open up a | | |person to illness but also hinder their ability to heal and get over an illness (Sarafino, 2011). | |Identify a situation in which you experienced stress in the workplace or provide a |All the dental assistants in my clinic called in sick, leaving me to deal with most aspects of patient care along with my | |fictional example. |administrative duties. Prioritizing patients and my normal workload became very stressful as I was trying to answer the phones, | | |schedule patients...
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...Anxiety & Depression Abstract : Anxiety and depression are a present part of life for almost all human beings in this world. This is an illness and not a disease. This illness has incurred due to various factors in present day world which has grown to be challenging, selfish and non caring. This study investigates the various contributing factors of anxiety and depression and theories supporting them which in terms have assisted to address all relevant resolution to manage anxiety and depression in all spheres of society including workplaces. The main focus is on the workplace management of anxiety and depression as the economic dependency based on workplace is the primary key indicator to trigger off the psychological imbalance within human beings. This article elaborates the remedial procedures and responsibilities for both the employees and employer to participate in harmony to overcome the components and mange those which give rise to anxiety and depression. The approach if being managed professionally will arrest the negative mental health of the employees which will add up to incremental productivity which will eliminate cost and bear revenue generations for the organisations. Introduction : Sociological, economical, political and environmental aspects have given to increase trends in anxiety and depression across all sects of human beings across the world. This is leading to the withdrawal symptoms of employees resulting to absenteeism, error in work, low productivity...
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...MENTAL ILLNESSS (PROBLEMS) &WORK When discussing mental problems and work, "work" can mean a number of things. It can mean the workplace, as in where we go to do our jobs. It can also mean the act of working, what we do at our jobs, as a volunteer in the community, or what we like to do in the garden, kitchen or workshop to relax. The relationship between mental illness and work can be looked at in a number of different ways, including: • the stresses and strains today's workplace places on us; • the incredible pressure placed upon people to continue to perform at work when an illness strikes, and the extra strain this places on their families and friends; • the difficult barriers those persons diagnosed with a mental illness face in the working world; • the strain encountered by people who work while they care for someone with a mental illness at home; • the therapeutic role the act of work plays in helping to reduce stress and improve mental health; and, • the benefits work can bring in guiding people diagnosed with a mental illness toward recovery, rebuilding their self-esteem and hopefully returning to the jobs they left when the illness struck. What is Mental Illness? The first step toward discussing mental illness and helping eliminate myths, misconceptions and stereotypes is to understand what a psychiatric illness is. In general it refers to significant clinical patterns of behaviour or emotions associated with some level of distress, suffering...
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...Everyone, at some point, experiences mental or emotional strain; this is known as stress. Stress is a natural part of life that can come in both negative and positive forms. While positive stress can give a person the drive and motivation necessary to succeed, negative stress can lead to severe consequences, especially in the workplace (Seidl, 2009). Work-related stress can cause serious problems for employees as well as the organizations they work for; as such, it is important to be aware of these problems and the factors which contribute to work-related stress must be addressed. Causes of Work-Related Stress Over the course of a day, most adults spend at least eight hours of their time in their work environment; this amounts to a third of their day, and as much as half of their waking hours. During that time, pressures that are placed on those people can lead to stress. Exploring specific factors which can lead to stress at work is necessary for us to better understand the topic. • Lack of Control: People are unable to influence the demands or restrictions placed on them. • Ambiguous Expectations: Employees are unclear on their job functions, or experience conflict between their roles and assignments. • Pressure: Employees feel their work is “piling up” or there is not enough time to accomplish tasks. • Communication: Employees feel left in the dark in regards to the organization’s goals, or their futures within the organization. • Support: Employees are not given...
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...put under intense stress for the organization to grow economically. It ranges from unreasonably high productivity standards and hazardous working environment that make worker to become vulnerable to risk to t heir mental and physical health. The ultimate outcome is unhealthy workforce that is relatively less productive than the relaxed and contented workforce. The business entrepreneurs and the workers alike are faced with the problem of continuous work related stress and thus the policies and decisions are hence regulated by the law. To this end, the common law duty of care is a provision that was designed to hold employers liable for psychiatric related illness that employees suffer and more specifically illness arising because employees are made to work under stressful conditions. This paper is aimed to critically evaluate the common law duty of care and its effectiveness with respect to psychiatric related illness as a result of working under stressful condition. The establishment of the common law of duty towards workers has enhanced employers to provide good working conditions to lower psychiatric related illness due to workers stress. The claims in the psychiatric injury bin the work place context have not been restricted to involvement of the plaintiff being injured or witnessed the death injury of another. These claims include to circumstances such as less traumatic but still damaging and stressor that arise in the workplace like bullying and work stress (Butler, 2006)...
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...Psychology of Health in the Workplace Kristin Haimowitz HCA/250 January 22, 2012 Wakita R. Bradford Psychology of Health in the Workplace A good attitude can go a long way in making the place where you work a more tolerable place to be. Having a healthy lifestyle can make it easier to deal with the smaller problems that seem to happen on a day to day basis. Health psychology is concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and the prevention of illness. Due to recent advances in psychological, medical, and physiological research, it had lead to new ways of thinking about health and illness. This conceptualization, which has been labeled the biopsychosocial model, views health and illness as the product of a combination of factors including biological characteristics (e.g., genetic predisposition), behavioral factors (e.g., lifestyle, stress, health beliefs, and social conditions (e.g., cultural influences, family relationships, social support) (Marks, 2011). People have developed a field of health psychology that helps people deal with stressors that they are involved with at their workplace. Many experts perform research to help them solidify their findings. Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) has developed from these studies, and does research so that they can better understand the needs of people in their work settings. Also, OHP looks to understand how psychosocial characteristics...
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...Outline and Evaluate the relationship between the workplace and stress Many people believe work affects their health. Defining what is stressful in the workplace is not easy, because individuals react quite differently to the same situation. However, some common factors have been found in many workers that cause them stress and in some cases lead to illness. These include the level of control they have (low control = stress), the amount of workload they have (high workload = stress) and role conflict (getting the work life balance right). The job-strain model of workplace stress suggests that the workplace creates stress and illness in two ways, through high workload (putting pressure on people to work harder) and low job control (e.g. over deadlines and procedures). Marmot tested this model by studying 7372 civil servants. They were asked to fill in a questionnaire on workload, job control and how much social support they received. They were also checked for signs of cardiovascular disease (e.g. chest pains). Five years later they were then re-assessed to see if those who reported difficulties also had more severe heart disease. They found that for workload and stress there was no link. However, for job control and social support there was a link. The lowest grade civil servants had both low job control and poor social support and had the highest level of cardiovascular problems. In contrast the higher-grade civil servants expressed a high level of job control and...
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...Psychology of Health in the Workplace Sarah Calame HCA 250 January 22, 2011 Wakita R. Bradford Psychology of Health in the Workplace A good attitude can go quite far in making the workplace a more tolerable place to be. What’s more, having a healthy lifestyle can make it easier to deal with the smaller nuisances that seem to pop up daily. Health psychology is concerned with understanding how biological, psychological, environmental, and cultural factors are involved in physical health and the prevention of illness. Recent advances in psychological, medical, and physiological research have led to a new way of thinking about health and illness. A person’s home life may actually carry over to their performance at work, leading to poor performance and bad reviews. The choices we make and the way we treat our bodies not only affects our personal health but also our mental health. Health concerns can be carried over to the workplace causing unwanted stress in an environment that is already somewhat stressful. With the daily tasks that our jobs require of us added stress can make the job that much more difficult. Lack of sleep making it hard to concentrate on the talks at hand, irritated with other employees, and just plain unable to do what is required of us. An unhealthy diet can make us sick and unable to complete the job needing done and mental stress on top of a possibly already stressful job can cause even more health problems physically. Employees may find themselves...
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...STRESS IN THE WORKPLACE AND SAFETY ISSUES AMONG NURSES IN THE PHILIPPINES Abstract Personality differences among employees can lead to a tense and less productive work environment. Differences in race, gender, religious conviction, sexual orientation, and age can cause fear and uneasiness among employees. These feelings are often associated with confusion or powerlessness. Diversity and sensitivity training can assist employees in embracing each other’s unique qualities. “To accept differences, we have to understand differences, and there is no better way to do this than to learn to communicate with people who are different than you” (Lieberman, 2007). When employees feel overwhelmed, they can lose self-confidence, become irritable or act withdrawn. This behavior directly impacts productivity, and work becomes less rewarding. J. Segal, R. Segal, Horwitz, Jaffe-Gi[ http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Managing-Stress-In-The-Workplace/54320 In this article, work-related problems among a sample of nurses in the Philippines are described. Cross-sectional data were collected through a self-administered survey during the Philippine Nurses Association 2007 convention by De Castro, A.B, et al. during the Philippine Nurses Association 2007 convention. Measures included four categories: work-related demographics, occupational injury/illness, reporting behavior, and safety concerns. Approximately 40% of nurses had experienced at least one injury or illness in the past year...
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...How does employee hidden mental illness manifest adversely in workplaces? An employee hidden mental illness has become the most prevalent illness found in western societies today. It has widely emerged within many workplace organisations and surprisingly remains largest among the medical and health sciences fields. According to De Lorenzo and Mirella (2013), hidden mental illnesses effect between 17% and 20% of employees in a given twelve month period. The most common hidden mental illnesses are depression and anxiety, depression effecting 4% and anxiety 14% of employees in a twelve month period. The socio-economic impact of mental illness within the workplace is frightening, the loss of productivity and costs have already caused major damage, and serious consequences for the future when depression and anxiety within the workplace increase. Mental illnesses within the workplace can be worsened if the employee has poor self-management of their illness, which includes inconsistent medication use, and social factors such as low social support, discussed by Munir, Yarker, Haslam, Long, Leka, Griffiths and Cox (2007). Mental illnesses are not treated like physical illnesses by society. They are pushed aside and not seen as a real disease that impairs peoples abilities because it is an invisible illness. Stigma of mental illnesses within the workplace is a major reason why employees choose to conceal their issues. Employees can feel labelled, less capable and treated differently...
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...Week 4 Project Individual Project #2 Crazy in the Workplace Should everyone have a job? Psychological disorders at work place …. (Mental Illness) Mental well-being at work is an idea that still lacks a proper and clear definition. Many documents reflect the complexity of this concept, which usually views stress and the risk of occupational burnout as the typical results of poor mental working conditions. Some professions are more vulnerable than others. It is true, as the research in many countries shows, that professionals such as lawyers, social workers, teachers or secretaries have a higher risk of depression, and workers in health services and farmers have a higher risk of suicide. One tends to focus on the “dark side of the moon”, sometimes forgetting that work could and should be a source of personal growth and satisfaction. Experts working on the psychological disorder at work place for Mental Health and Well-being, state that the workplace can provide a healthy culture and environment that is psychologically supportive to the workforce. It also helps to promote the social inclusion of people with mental health problems, providing an income allowing them to more fully participate in society On the other hand, mental health influences the quality of work performance. Poor mental health, especially depression, results in higher absenteeism rates, lower productivity and problems with making decisions...
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