Identify And Explain 4 Evaluation Points Of Using Drugs To Treat Stress
Outline the use of benzodiazepines and beta-blockers to treat stress
These are biological forms of stress-management. These are direct forms of management, as the tablets are taken into the bloodstream and target neurotransmitters in the brain, affecting communication between neurons. They work by increasing the effect of GABAs which reduce reduces the effect of the neurons. It works by increasing the chloride ions into the neurons, making it harder for other neurotransmitters to activate these neurons. This slows down neural activity, having a calming effect on the person. BZ’s have a greater effect of calming a person down, as it allows for more chloride ions to reduce the neural activity. It explicitly targets serotonin, which has an excitatory …show more content…
effect on the on the body. Identify and explain 4 evaluation points of using drugs to treat stress
BZ’s is a drug, like other drugs, are easy to take and cheap.
They are easily accessible for everyone, possibly provided by the NHS, compared to other forms of treatment. This means that everyone can reduce their stress levels, if need be.
However, like other drugs, it can cause dependency and addiction. By curing one problem another problem may arise. If the patient believes that the drug is helping them reduce stress levels, they can become addicted. Once the body builds immunity to that drug the patient may try other forms that can have an adverse effect on the body. Possibly even turning to illegal drugs.
The drug may be just having a placebo effect on the patient. Because the prescriber is telling them that the drug will help reduce the stress they believe it will. When in actual fact it’s doing nothing. There is no way of telling whether the drug is reducing the stress or the patients mindset is, unless they take urine tests to check the stress hormone levels.
Drugs can also have side effects on the patient. These side effects include unsteadiness, lapses in memory. These side effects can also be long-term. Again, curing one problem but causing
another.
Outline and Evaluate psychological research into the impacts of workplace stress (12 marks)
Marmot el al investigated effects of workplace stressors on the immune system. They found that stress and illness are also due to high workload and low control. They looked at high and low grade civil service workers, 7,000+ participants were used. Participants completed a questionnaire to gain information on workload, job control and social support. They found no link between stress related illness and workload. However, they found that low job control was a high factor in stress and illness. They concluded that job control is a more significant factor in workplace stress than workload.
Another study carried out by Johansson et looked into the effect of workplace stress on the immune system. They examined the different workloads in a Swedish sawmill. The researchers identified a high-risk group of sawyers, their job was to finish off the wood at the last stage of processing. It was a very repetitive job that had high responsibility for the company, their productivity determined the wage rate for the entire factory. They were compared to a low-risk group, cleaners, whose work was varied, self-paced and allowed for socialising with others. Levels of stress-related hormones were measured on work days and rest days, in urine. It was discovered that those in the high-risk group secreted more stress hormones than the cleaners and they showed significantly higher levels of stress related. They concluded that receptiveness and high levels of responsibility which lead to stress-related illness.
One advantage of the research into the impact of workplace stress is that is has provided evidence and information about how to reduce stress in the workplace. Therefore this research can be used to provide practical implications for companies to follow to help increase production and reduce the likelihood of workers developing illness.
Another advantage is that it has improved efficiency of workers as the number of absent workers has been reduced, due to real-life applications of the research. This has resulted in making the workplace more productive and increasing profits for companies. Thus, psychology is valuable at providing information for companies.
However, workplace stressors aren’t harmful to health naturally. The workplace can allow a person to use skills they wouldn’t normally use, increase self-esteem confidence and motivation. Also, allowing a person to have a sense of purpose and fulfilment. As a result this can have a positive effect on a person’s health.
Workplace stressors comes down to an individual’s perception of stress. Everyone has their own ideas and coping mechanisms with stress. Research into these stressors don’t take into consideration individual differences. Therefore, we can generalise the findings of these studies and apply them to the rest or another population.
These are biological forms of stress-management. These are direct forms of management, as the tablets are taken into the bloodstream and target neurotransmitters in the brain, affecting communication between neurons. They work by increasing the effect of GABAs which reduce reduces the effect of the neurons. It works by increasing the chloride ions into the neurons, making it harder for other neurotransmitters to activate these neurons. This slows down neural activity, having a calming effect on the person. BZ’s have a greater effect of calming a person down, as it allows for more chloride ions to reduce the neural activity. It explicitly targets serotonin, which has an excitatory …show more content…
effect on the on the body. Identify and explain 4 evaluation points of using drugs to treat stress
BZ’s is a drug, like other drugs, are easy to take and cheap.
They are easily accessible for everyone, possibly provided by the NHS, compared to other forms of treatment. This means that everyone can reduce their stress levels, if need be.
However, like other drugs, it can cause dependency and addiction. By curing one problem another problem may arise. If the patient believes that the drug is helping them reduce stress levels, they can become addicted. Once the body builds immunity to that drug the patient may try other forms that can have an adverse effect on the body. Possibly even turning to illegal drugs.
The drug may be just having a placebo effect on the patient. Because the prescriber is telling them that the drug will help reduce the stress they believe it will. When in actual fact it’s doing nothing. There is no way of telling whether the drug is reducing the stress or the patients mindset is, unless they take urine tests to check the stress hormone levels.
Drugs can also have side effects on the patient. These side effects include unsteadiness, lapses in memory. These side effects can also be long-term. Again, curing one problem but causing
another.
Outline and Evaluate psychological research into the impacts of workplace stress (12 marks)
Marmot el al investigated effects of workplace stressors on the immune system. They found that stress and illness are also due to high workload and low control. They looked at high and low grade civil service workers, 7,000+ participants were used. Participants completed a questionnaire to gain information on workload, job control and social support. They found no link between stress related illness and workload. However, they found that low job control was a high factor in stress and illness. They concluded that job control is a more significant factor in workplace stress than workload.
Another study carried out by Johansson et looked into the effect of workplace stress on the immune system. They examined the different workloads in a Swedish sawmill. The researchers identified a high-risk group of sawyers, their job was to finish off the wood at the last stage of processing. It was a very repetitive job that had high responsibility for the company, their productivity determined the wage rate for the entire factory. They were compared to a low-risk group, cleaners, whose work was varied, self-paced and allowed for socialising with others. Levels of stress-related hormones were measured on work days and rest days, in urine. It was discovered that those in the high-risk group secreted more stress hormones than the cleaners and they showed significantly higher levels of stress related. They concluded that receptiveness and high levels of responsibility which lead to stress-related illness.
One advantage of the research into the impact of workplace stress is that is has provided evidence and information about how to reduce stress in the workplace. Therefore this research can be used to provide practical implications for companies to follow to help increase production and reduce the likelihood of workers developing illness.
Another advantage is that it has improved efficiency of workers as the number of absent workers has been reduced, due to real-life applications of the research. This has resulted in making the workplace more productive and increasing profits for companies. Thus, psychology is valuable at providing information for companies.
However, workplace stressors aren’t harmful to health naturally. The workplace can allow a person to use skills they wouldn’t normally use, increase self-esteem confidence and motivation. Also, allowing a person to have a sense of purpose and fulfilment. As a result this can have a positive effect on a person’s health.
Workplace stressors comes down to an individual’s perception of stress. Everyone has their own ideas and coping mechanisms with stress. Research into these stressors don’t take into consideration individual differences. Therefore, we can generalise the findings of these studies and apply them to the rest or another population.