Articles tagged under ‘Stress’

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• ‘Even the lone ranger had Tonto’ — the unintended consequences of pain self-management

  Dr Karen Rodham, Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology at the University of Chichester, cautions against the ‘blame, shame and inflame game’ of self-management.

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• Webinar recording: Wellbeing and Mental Health – Building inner resilience and supporting others in 2022 - Beyond Blue

  Small business owners have been doing it tough for a long time and statistics are demonstrating higher levels of psychological distress within this community.

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• Look and see - highlighting the impact of psychological hazards on police

  ‘Real stories from real cops’—how to recognise and reduce the impact of psychological hazards on police

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• Healthy Minds, Healthy Workplaces

  Comcare and Beyond Blue demonstrate benefits of low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy at work.

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• Claims Process: the stress of making a claim

  When a worker is injured, there might be fears for their job stability, financial burdens, or concern that they will never be able to regain their previous lifestyle.

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• Psychological Cases: prevention is better than the cure

  The workplace is a social environment. For many, this is one of the most enjoyable aspects of their job. For others, depending on the workplace, the negative impacts on their psychology can be enormous.

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• Banishing Burnout: Strategies for a Constructive Engagement with Work

  Dr Michael Leiter, a professor at the Centre for Organisational Research and Development at Acadia University, offers strategies for enabling employees to constructively engage at work and avoid burnout.

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• Mental Health: developing an action plan for your workplace - part 2

  Once your action plan has been developed, what are the next steps for implementation?

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• Mental Stress in Australia: Compensation Statistics part 1

  Work-related mental stress places a burden on the health and welfare of employees, as well as having an impact on workplace productivity and the Australian economy.

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• Role Summary: Psychologist

  Psychology is the study of the mind and associated behaviours. A psychologist's focus may be on either individuals or groups.

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• A new approach to workplace bullying

  We speak to Dr Doron Samuell, an expert on workplace bullying, about office disputes, gender and tackling poor behaviour.

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• Bullied by bullying claims

  A rise in frivolous or even malicious bullying claims may undermine the plight of true victims.

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• Who gets bullied by whom - and where?

  An insight into common personality traits shared by victims of bullying, as well as characteristics of bullies, can help organisations prevent workplace harassment. But understanding organisational culture is important too...

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• Follow the leader

  Regulatory bodies set the standard for other organisations in their industry. In relation to workplace bullying, however, that standard may best be described as “do as I say, not as I do.”

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• 6 steps to a bully-free workplace

  Workplace bullying can seem difficult to tackle. A sensitive approach is needed, combined with organisation-wide preventative efforts to stamp out bullying in the long-term.

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• Gender wars

  Women are more likely to be bullied in the workplace than men. Yet most female bullies target other women.

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• Laying down the law

  Several legal options exist for victims of bullying, each with different outcomes. How effective is the legal system at coping with bullying?

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• Everyone plays a role in workplace bullying

  Bullying is more than individual conflict. Factors like policies, leadership and workplace culture can all lead to workplace bullying.

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• Mental health at work, Steps to get there

  An interview with Ingid Ozols, director of mh@work, exploring how mental health can be improved through the introduction of workplace programs.

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• The broad reach of suicide

  The burden of suicide in Australia is comparable with other major, better understood chronic diseases.

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• Workplace stress: we can work it out

  Causes of stress, and why it will never disappear if we don't encourage the right behaviours.

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• Other people's stress

  Are stress management programs for managers the key to reducing stress claim costs?

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• Bullying and harassment

  Workplace bullies are often workplace big fish. Combating the problem requires a top down approach.

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• Stress: the new RSI

  SuperDoc applies lessons learnt about RSI in the 80s to the current "epidemic" of stress - and discovers anew that prevention is better than cure

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• Use the Force to manage stress

  Tips from the Safety Strategy Manager of Victoria Police for managing stress in a challenging environment

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• All bad news or incentive to improve?

  The financial crisis provides employers opportunity to support employees to better health - but there are pitfalls to avoid.

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• Managing disaster compensation

  Richard Green, injury and claims manager with the CFA after Black Saturday, knows what to expect from disaster-exposed workers, and how to help them through.

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• Bring body, breath AND mind to work

  Most of us do not think about consciously connecting our mind with our body, breath and soul; but research shows benefits for RTW.

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• Mind power

  Psychologist Colin Thompson introduces us to Mindfulness Therapy, which has been shown to assist people with problems including anxiety, chronic pain and addiction.

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• Separating stress and chronic pain

  Stress makes chronic pain worse, and worsens RTW outcomes. Here are 10 ideas to help alleviate the stress that often accompanies chronic pain.

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• Signs of suicide

  How to look out for and deal with signs of suicide in your workplace.

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• Anxiety Q&A 3: Working with anxiety

  This final instalment provides tips for helping anxious employees maintain their cool and remain at work.

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• Anxiety Q&A Part 1: The basics

  Understanding anxious employees is the first step in helping them maintain their cool and remain at work.

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• Bullying in Australian workplaces: Q&A

  Bullying is bad for workplace health and bad for RTW. How widespread is it, and how does it impact on the field?

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• Dos and Don'ts for workplace health during a downturn or recession

  A short guide to surviving a downturn in business for busy RTW and OHS professionals.

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• Gluttons for punishment? Talking work and psychosis at Mind

  Ever wondered what it might be like to work with a mental illness, let alone return to work after a psychotic episode? We spoke to a group of people who've done it - and some of what they told us might surprise you.

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• Top ten tips to keep you on track when managing a stress claim.

  To help an employee return to work after a stress claim, our ten tips start with proactivity and care. Read on!

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• Top ten tips for preventing stress in your workplace

  What's the best way to deal with stress in the workplace? Prevent it from ever occurring! Our ten tips show you how.

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• The Stress Series - Part 4

  Managing a stress claim

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• The Stress Series Part 3 - Prevention programs in the workplace

  Employers can take action to beat the problem of stress before it even arises. This article looks at the benefits of stress prevention programs.

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• The Stress Series - Part 2

  Stress claims commonly build up over time, until the person reaches a point where they can't continue to ignore the issues.

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• The Stress Series - Part 1

  Welcome to the first article in our five-part stress series. The series will look at exactly what stress is, how it affects individuals and communities, workplace prevention programs and how stress can be managed.

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• Quality control in RTW: Spend less, achieve more

  In the case of Mr S, a well managed return to work system saves an employer $$ and provides good outcomes for a worker with anxiety.

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• Deirdre Francis: RTW in the police force

  Deirdre Francis discusses some of the challenges of RTW in the Victorian police force.

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• Paying for it

  Opinion: David Jones, a cafe by the sea and s_x__l harassment in the workplace

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• Caught in the spotlight: Pacific Film and Television Corporation, stress claims and "reasonable management action"

  What happens when WorkCover decides that workplace bullying - which your doctor tells you is responsible for your skyrocketing blood pressure and increasing reactive arthritis flare-ups - is actually "reasonable management action"?

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• Investigating an occupational stress claim? Say goodbye early intervention and hello long term claim!

  All too often, the Process Steamroller pushes stressed employees into the Chasm of Long Term Claims. We talk - seriously - with Dr Rod Gutierrez about the slapstick of occupational stress.

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• Importance of preventitive stress management

  Early detection and intervention are the keys when it comes to work-related stress.

Research 1 - 18 of 18

• Coffee breaks and bathroom locks — Small things can support women’s RTW

  A Swedish study has some interesting insights about how women and their managers navigate the challenging journey back to work after mental health-related sick leave.

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• Benevolence at work

  A sense of being able to give is linked to less stress and depression at work.

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• Targeted prevention of long-term sickness absence

  Some prevention strategies go the distance, reducing long term sickness absence even five years post-intervention. Others have short term benefits only. Does mental health complicate effectiveness?

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• Listening to emergency call-takers

  It's a tough job with few supports, and far too little research into health and wellbeing outcomes. What do we know about 000 stress, and positive steps that might ease it?

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• You can’t manage psychosocial risk if you don’t recognise it

  Managers focused on workers' bad attitudes may miss opportunities to control the organisational psychosocial hazards that contribute to musculoskeletal disorders and stress-related mental health problems.

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• Stress treatment program speeds up RTW

  With cooperation between the therapist and the workplace, caring, individualised treatment for people with long-term work-stress speeds up RTW – and GPs may be able to adapt the approach

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• Interventions with workplace contact reduce stress absence

  Contact with the workplace has proven benefits for workers with stress, depression and other common mental health conditions, especially when part of a multi-component workplace intervention.

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• Employee Decision-Making about Disclosure of a Mental Health Disorder at Work - part 2

  Part two looks at the processes employees go through in weighing up the risks and benefits of disclosure, and the personal factors which come into play.

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• Easy, accurate way to measure stress

  French researchers find a simple way to measure stress - using a visual scale.

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• Job demands, musculoskeletal symptoms and computer work

  When musculoskeletal problems flare for a desk-bound office worker, they may need a stress check as much as they need an ergonomics check.

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• Research short: Can yoga ease workplace stress?

  A UK study has concluded that regular yoga can improve workplace wellbeing and reduce employee stress.

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• Research Short: Do managers suffer from more stress?

  A Danish study debunks the myth that managers are often more stressed than employees.

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• Screening for distress

  Studies suggest that it is possible to identify workers at risk of developing psychological distress and intervene before productivity suffers

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• Tackling stress online - the evidence

  A web-based approach to managing stress and mood disorders

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• Overcoming PTSD

  What psychological treatments work for post traumatic stress disorder?

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• Understanding the trajectory of workplace stress

  Research suggests that stress claims aren't as big a mystery as employers tend to think...

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• Countering job dissatisfaction in immigrant workers

  What can employers do to tackle the problem of job dissatisfaction?

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• Workplace injuries, absenteeism and turnover among nurses are influenced by role stresses

  Workplace intervention programs to reduce injuries, absenteeism and turnover among nurses should be designed to address the key factors of role ambiguity and role conflict, and improve workplace cohesion.