Bringing Stress

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Bringing Stress to Your Attention!
By Claire, Ingunn, Kim, Lisbeth, Pia
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What is Stress

• Stress is external and internal
• 3 Effects of stress
• - physical
• - emotional and thinking
• - behaviour

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Statistics

• 40 of the workforce have health problems... 76
  of these health problems are due to stress
• More than 50 of miscarriages are due to stress

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• 64 of the work force suffer stress
• 78 of these people have sought no professional
  help
• The most stressed region in England is South-East

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• 20 of Danes are stressed
• 20 of early retirement is caused by stress

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• 40 have experienced stress at work which has
  given rise to disease

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The European Union

• 23 people suffer from stress in the workplace

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Scenario 1
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What causes stress

• Emotional problems
• Relationship problems
• Environment
• Social difficulties
• Family problems
• Life/developmental changes
• Bad time management
• Conflicts with your beliefs
• Health problems
• Job

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Scenario 2
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Effects on the Body

• Physical effects
• Increasing heart rate
• Sweating
• Breathlessness
• Muscular tension
• Headache
• Hot and cold spells
• Frequent urination
• Dilation of pupils

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Effects on the Body

• Short term
• Effects on thinking emotions
• lack of concentration
• poor memory
• easily distracted
• easily irritated

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Effects on the Body

• Short term
• Effects on behaviour
• making mistakes
• clumsiness
• overactive
• being critical and argumentative

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Effects on the Body

• Long term
• Appetite increased or decreased
• pretending problems dont exist
• Care less about health
• loss of self-confidence
• depression
• mental illness

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Scenario 3
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Dealing with Stress

• Recognize when youre under stress
• Coping strategies are not always good
• Four approaches to dealing with stress
• - physical and mental
• distraction
• - emotional expression
• - confronting problem
• - self nurturance

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Positive Stress
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Promoting Health

• Leaflets in Primary and secondary care.
• Stress management courses available through the
  workplace/universities.
• A formal committee in the workplace to discuss
  the problems of stress and how best to deal with
  them.
• Massage and relaxation at work.
• Helplines (youth and adult).

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Discussion

• Who should take responsibility for Ingunns
  stress? (colleagues, boss, herself, etc)
• Do you deal with your own stress effectively?

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Summary

• RELAX!!!
• Take care of your self,
• and each other!

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References
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Relaxation Exercise
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Thank you for your attention ?
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References

• BBC (2005) online www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talkin
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• BRANNON, L. FEIST, J. (2000) Health Psychology.
  Wadsworth, London.
• Channel 4 (2005) Stress and Work online
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  September
• FIRTH-COZENS, J. PAYNE, R. (1999) Stress in
  Health Professionals. John Wiley and Sons.
  Chichester.
• NORWEGIAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT (2000) online
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• RICE, V. (2000) Stress, Coping and Health. Sage
  Publications, London.
• TOTMAN, R. (1990) Mind, Stress and Health.
  Souvenir Press, London.
• online www.psykoweb.dk/stress date accessed
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