Work with High Levels of Mental Strain

2016 ◽  
pp. 196-227
Keyword(s):  
Mental Strain

Mental Strain and Physical Symptoms among Employees in Modern Offices

1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bengt B. Arnetz ◽  
Mats Berg ◽  
Judith Arnetz
Keyword(s):  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Mental Strain

scholarly journals Exploring the antecedents of the mental health of business professionals in Sweden

Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-669
Author(s):  
Timur Uman ◽  
Pernilla Broberg ◽  
Torbjörn Tagesson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Business Professionals ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Business professionals are an important occupational group that carries responsibility for the economic welfare of organizations and of society at large. These professionals have recently been reported to be experiencing increased mental strain, which may have a significant effect on the role they play in organizations and in society. Understanding the causes of this strain is thus an important endeavour. OBJECTIVE: This study explores the antecedents of the mental health of business professionals. METHODS: Multiple linear regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between business professionals’ mental health and its demographic, work-related, and other triggers. T-tests and descriptive statistics were used to explore the gender of the respondents in relation to these triggers and mental health. RESULTS: Compared with their male counterparts, female business professionals report poorer mental health; however, no gender differences were found in job satisfaction or life satisfaction. According to this study, age, overtime pay, higher salary and position as a manager have a positive relation with mental health, whereas working overtime has a negative relation with mental health. Job satisfaction and life satisfaction are important determinants of the mental health of business professionals. CONCLUSIONS: Business professionals are important to the economic welfare of their organization and of society as a whole. Our study suggests that demographic characteristics, work-related aspects and subjective dimensions of well-being have a profound effect on the mental health of business professionals.

scholarly journals A REVIEW ON VANASURANA GHRTA IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ARSHAS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1768-1772
Author(s):  
Najiya A M ◽  
Surej Subash ◽  
Shyam Vinayan
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Anal Canal ◽  
Junk Food ◽  
Main Ingredient ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
Treatment Principles ◽  
Surgical Treatments ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Diet Habits

Arshas is one among many diseases which are most unkind towards mankind. The incidence of Arshas increases with advancing age and at least 50% of people over the age of 50 years have some degree of hemorrhoidal symp- toms. Hemorrhoids are the dilated veins in the anal canal in the subepithelial region formed by radicals of the su- perior, middle, and inferior rectal vein[1]. In this modern era the improper diet habits, junk food intake, inhibition of natural urges and mental strain makes one susceptible to this disease. Acharya Sushrutha while detailing the treatment principles of Arshas has categorized it as Bheshajasadhya, Kshara Karma Sadhya, Agnikarmasadhya and shastra karma sadhya[2]. Surgical treatments though commonly being practised are very painful and hence will put the patients into more agony. Despite putting the patient into such a state there are high chances of recur- rence of the condition. Hence there is a need for very effective as well as less/non-agonizing treatment for Arshas. Vansurana Ghrta is an unexplored formulation that is mentioned in ChikitsaManjari[3]. The main ingredient Vanasurana is considered as Agryoushada for Arshas in Kaiyyadevanighandu. Keywords: Arshas, Vanasurana ghrta

scholarly journals Automatic guidance systems in agricultural machinery as a tool for drivers’ mental strain and workload relief 

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. S66-S72
Author(s):  
Kvíz Zděnek ◽  
Kroulík Milan
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Soil Tillage ◽  
Steering Wheel ◽  
Special Device ◽  
Agricultural Machinery ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Automatic Guidance ◽  
Guidance Systems ◽  
Rate Sensor

This article evaluates agricultural operator´s stress, mental strain and generally fighting with driving difficulties during operating agricultural machinery sets by means of a heart rate indicator. Different drivers driving different tractors with implements were chosen and evaluated during different field jobs, namely soil tillage and sowing. Machinery position on the field was precisely monitored by a GPS receiver and the heart beat rate was observed by means of a chest belt special device with a heart rate sensor. The output data from the sensors were monitored during conventional manual steering of the tractor-implement set and also when using the complete automatic guidance steering without any driver´s intervention to steering wheel – all by using the DGPS guidance signal. The data were further processed with a special software for the heart rate sensor and detailed statistical evaluation was performed. All described trials were measured at different farms in the Czech Republic. The final outcomes from the experiment showed a statistically significant difference between two experimental variants and confirm our hypothesis that the guidance systems bring a great benefit for drivers concerning mental strain and relief of their workload.

Journey to diagnosis for women with autism

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dori Zener
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Clinical Approach ◽  
Autism Diagnosis ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Autism Phenotype

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the barriers that girls and women face in receiving an accurate and timely autism diagnosis. The journey to late-in-life diagnosis will be explored with a focus on mental health and well-being. The aim is to improve the awareness of the female autism phenotype to provide access to early identification and appropriate supports and services.Design/methodology/approachThe author’s clinical experience as an individual, couple and family therapist specializing in girls and women with autism informs the paper. Research on co-occurring mental health experience and diagnoses are reviewed and combined with case examples to outline the themes leading to and obscuring autism diagnosis.FindingsFemales with autism are less likely to be diagnosed or are identified much later than their male counterparts. Living with unidentified autism places significant mental strain on adults, particularly females. Achieving a late-in-life diagnosis is very valuable for adults and can improve self-awareness and access to limited support.Practical implicationsMental health professionals will develop a better understanding of the overlap between autism and psychiatric conditions and should consider autism in females who are seeking intervention.Originality/valueThis paper provides a clinical approach to working with autistic girls and women. This knowledge can complement the existing research literature and help build the foundation for a greater understanding of the female autism phenotype.

scholarly journals Mental distress under Occupation: The journal of Madeleine Blaess

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-185
Author(s):  
Wendy Michallat
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Mental Distress ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Home Front ◽  
The Political ◽  
Material Hardship ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Historical Importance ◽  
Return Home

Madeleine Blaess, a British doctoral student studying at the Sorbonne, was trapped in Paris, unable to return home to York for the duration of the Occupation. In October 1940 she began a diary which she kept diligently until September 1944. This unique testimony written from the perspective of a British student at liberty to roam wartime Paris, focuses more on the civilian struggle through the everyday than on the political and military situation which Blaess, vulnerable to arrest, thinks wise to mention as little as possible. This exhaustively documented, voluminous record of the minutiae of a daily struggle with material hardship discloses a struggle with mental illness articulated and managed through the writing of the diary. That diaries can have a therapeutic purpose for writers under mental strain is axiomatic and this article examines a variety of palliative strategies both deliberate and involuntary invoked through the writing process. In so doing, the article will survey the incidence and causes of civilian mental distress on the home front over the period, an area of inquiry which, other than recent work into the psychological impact of Allied bombing of civilians, has been largely neglected in recent work foregrounding and valorising the historical importance of life-writing sources in the field of Occupation studies.

scholarly journals Sleep disturbance and work-related mental strain: A national prospective cohort study of the prediction of subsequent long-term sickness absence, disability pension and mortality

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 888-895
Author(s):  
Torbjörn Åkerstedt ◽  
Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz ◽  
Syed Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Disturbance ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Workplace Stress ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Synergy Effects

Aims: Sleep disturbances and work-related mental strain are linked to increased sickness absence and disability pension (DP), but we have no information on synergy effects. The aim of this study was to examine the combined (and separate) association of the two predictors with subsequent long-term work disability and mortality. Methods: A total of 45,498 participants aged 16–64 years were interviewed in the Swedish Surveys of Living Conditions between 1997 and 2013, and were followed up on long-term sickness absence (LTSA; >90 days/year), DP and mortality via national registers until 2016. Crude and multivariable Cox analyses were used to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Results: For LTSA, the HRs for sleep disturbances and work-related mental strain were 1.6 (95% CI 1.5–1.7) and 1.3 (95% CI 1.2–1.4), respectively. For DP, the HRs were 2.0 (95% CI 1.8–2.2) and 1.4 (95% CI 1.2–1.5). Mortality was only predicted by sleep disturbances (HR=1.2, 95% CI 1.1–1.4). No synergy effect was seen. Conclusions: Work-related mental strain and, in particular, sleep disturbances were associated with a higher risk of subsequent LTSA and DP, but without synergy effects. Sleep disturbances were also associated with mortality. Exposure to interventions tackling sleep disturbance and prevention of workplace stress may reduce work disability.

Normal Changes in the Mental Abilities of Adults as Age Advances

1948 ◽  
Vol 94 (394) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Foulds
Keyword(s):  
Healthy People ◽  
Mental Strain ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Physical Complaints ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Mental Abilities

It is generally recognized that the capacity to grasp new ideas and learn new methods of work depends partly upon a person's intelligence and partly upon his age. It is also recognized that over-taxing a person's capacity to acquire new methods of work, or inadequate opportunities for a person to develop the capacity he possesses, are sources of dissatisfaction, mental strain, and sometimes physical complaints amongst normally healthy people. There is even reason to believe that amongst less healthy people they contribute towards disaffection and illness.

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