Work-Related Stress and Stress Management Stress can be defined as an adaptive response to a situation that is perceived as challenging or threatening to a person’s well-being and usually described as a negative experience. Most people feel some type of pressure from their daily duties in the work place. This pressure can be positive and motivating but sometimes this pressure can be excessive‚ leading to a stressful feeling. Stress can also result from being over worked. Work-related stress affects
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name teacher class date Stress will kill a person! Yes it can actually kill a person‚ and although it may seem hard to believe it is true. Stress is a very serious situation in today’s ever changing society. As jobs get harder people work harder and with harder work people get stressed. This stress harms a person in many ways‚ mainly our health‚ and that can be very dangerous. Health is effected by stress in three different ways‚ mental‚ physical‚ and spiritual. One of the most serious health
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Stress is a term that is commonly used today but has become increasingly difficult to define. It shares‚ to some extent‚ common meanings in both the biological and psychological sciences. Stress typically describes a negative concept that can have an impact on one’s mental and physical well-being‚ but it is unclear what exactly defines stress and whether or not stress is a cause‚ an effect‚ or the process connecting the two. With organisms as complex as humans‚ stress can take on entirely concrete
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Successful occupational therapists not only present personal skills and traits that help them to be successful throughout their career‚ but they also know how to use those skills and traits and combine them into their patients’ lives‚ helping them to achieve and succeed as well. As an occupational therapist‚ you will only succeed after your clients’ do. Mental health is the primary cause of disability in the world. It can influence an individual’s ability to occupy in daily life activates but with
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MODELS OF STRESS Stress is something people can experience when they are responding to certain demands. Stress can affect the way a person feels both emotionally and physically. If a person finds certain situations too difficult they may begin to experience symptoms of stress such as a racing heart‚ heightened senses and sweaty palms. Although the symptoms of stress can feel unpleasant‚ stress is not always a bad thing. There are several different models of stress including engineering
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Professor Wayne Drevets discusses the relationship of stress and depression (http://www.g2conline.org/2076). He explains that a mutation in the Serotonin Transporter can contribute to depression‚ but only in situations that there was stress early in life. I found it particularly interesting that the same mutation in the Serotonin Transporter would not cause depression in an individual who did not experience early life stressors. This information would indicate that the mutation was not the cause
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Name: Institution: Instructor: STRESS IN POLICE Law enforcement is among the most challenging and stressful jobs in the country. Collins & Gibbs (2003) conducted a study to evaluate the causes‚ prevalence‚ and severity of symptoms due to stress among police officers. As Collins & Gibbs (2003) point out‚ the stressful condition of the police job causes increased suicide levels among police officers in other countries. Stress-related illnesses increase the financial burden on police officers‚ lowers
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Tejal Kolwankar STATEMENT OF PURPOSE “Always be thankful for whatever you have” though I knew it since a teenage; I learnt it through experience during my four and half years of OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY bachelor course. While working in a government hospital of a developing country‚ I got to see many individuals devoid of the liberty to have basic needs satisfied; I am blessed with a socioeconomically well settled family who taught me to live life with high moral and ethical values
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Hospital Putrajaya‚ Department of Psychiatry‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia‚ Kuala Lumpur 3 Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health‚ Hospital Kuala Lumpur‚ 4 ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc‚ Kuala Lumpur 5 Occupational Health Services‚ Hospital Pakar Annur‚ Bandar Baru Bangi 2 1 Abstract This two-phase study examined the prevalence of depressive disorders among married working women in a sub-urban area in Malaysia. The Malay version of the General Health
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TEENAGE STRESS Laura sits in her room surrounded by a stack of notes‚ cramming for a test that she entirely forgot about‚ while James stares blankly at a college application. He also has the knowledge that he must be at work in 20 minutes‚ and that his car hardly has any gas left in it. Both of these teenagers suffer from a common dilemma‚ stress. Stress is a reaction to external and internal pressure. It is a normal function that helps people in their daily lives ("Stress: Who"). Without
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