Articles tagged under ‘Psychological factors’

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• My mind won’t stop spinning — Understanding catastrophising after a workplace injury

  Tanya Cambey explains, from a lived experience perspective, why catastrophising after a workplace injury is a natural and understandable response to pain, uncertainty and a complex claims process, and what insurers and claims managers can do to help.

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• Webinar recording: Manufacturing Healthy Minds

  Hear about the Manufacturing Healthy Minds Program implemented at BOC Gases, a mental health program by workers, for workers.

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• The positivity prescription for better recovery and RTW outcomes

  Having a positive attitude can help recovery and RTW.

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• The power of words in health (Part 2) — changing the conversation about osteoarthritis

  Clinicians and people with knee osteoarthritis can shift the conversation about osteoarthritis from an ‘impairment-based‘ conversation to a ‘participatory-based’ one.

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• The power of words in health — changing the conversation about osteoarthritis (Part 1)

  How we talk about health profoundly impacts how we think and act when managing our well-being.

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• Navigating the counterintuitive road to recovery after musculoskeletal injury

  An article written for orthopaedic surgeons about what they can do to help patients’ recovery holds some interesting insights for all health professionals who work with injured workers.

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• The power of choosing our mindset

  Tips to help develop a mindset that builds resilience and helps us deal with challenging situations.

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• What do we know about secondary psychological conditions after a physical work injury?

  How can we better to identify and support workers who are risk of developing secondary psychological conditions, and prevent them from occurring in the first place?

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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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• How workers feel about getting hurt impacts how and when they get better

  Psychological responses to work injury impact recovery. Australian researchers have interviewed stakeholders and summarised the evidence, developing practical advice to improve the RTW journey.

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• Unreliable, dangerous, incompetent?

  Awareness of workplace injury stigma is low amongst Australian employers but the costs may be high, according to a report commissioned by Safe Work Australia.

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• Webinar recording:Systematic approaches to identifying and addressing biopsychosocial barriers – the missing policy in RTW Part 1

  In part 1 of 3, Pam Garton PhD gives us the background on her excellent research and explains how to identify psychosocial risk.

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• Coping with quarantine (and social distancing)

  Quarantine is hard on people’s mental health but we can reduce the risks for those forced into isolation – and discover some social distancing mental health hacks in the process.

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• An introduction to self-compassion

  A look at the emerging evidence on a meditation-based approach that promises relief from depression, anxiety and rumination.

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• Too ashamed to return to work

  Shame feeds aggression and avoidance: barriers to RTW. How can workplaces and treating practitioners foster empowerment and pride instead?

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• Webinar recording: From theory to practice - Creating psychologically healthy workplaces

  Practical steps to build and maintain a psychologically healthy workplace and minimise psychosocial risks.

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• Moral injury and RTW

  Notions of wrongdoing, blame and guilt can seem dangerous in the context of RTW. Are we missing something about the human experience of workplace injury?

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• Can you ‘teach’ workers to be more emotionally resilient?

  You may know someone like this at work: optimistic and resilient, they appear to bounce through challenges drawing on an internal strength that helps them work through problems they encounter at work.

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• A basic introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

  Learn the basics about Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), one of the most effective forms of counselling.

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• Re-calibrating Resilience - test your resilience strengths

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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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• Mental Health and Cancer

  The diagnosis of any serious disease can have an impact on mental health; for the person afflicted as well as their family and friends.

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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 1

  An estimated one in five employees will be impacted by a mental health condition at any one time in Australia.

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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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• Webinar Recording: Adjusting to change

  Adjusting to change is difficult for all of us, but it can be particularly difficult after a work injury.

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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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• Fighting back: dealing with workplace bullies

  Taking a long-term preventative approach to bullying is cheaper and more effective than reacting to individual cases

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• An introduction to workplace bullying

  What is workplace bullying? How common is bullying? What forms does bullying take? How does bullying affect the victim and the organisation?

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• Doctor, patient, insurer: The impossible triangle

  An interview with psychiatrist Dr Joe Dunn on improving relationships with doctors, and some of the other complexities of the patient, doctor, insurer interaction.

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• Mental health buy-in

  Financial commitment is just the beginning

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• Stress and emotional resilience

  Ever wondered what RTW and sabre-toothed tigers have in common? Or why some people bounce back quicker than others from stressful situations?

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• Toxic Doctors

  What do you do with a toxic doctor?

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• What you can't see...

  ...CAN hurt you. Having an internal injury that nobody sees can make rehabilitation far more difficult. We hear how one worker overcame poor treatment and took control of her own recovery.

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• Family, colleagues great support after bad car crash

  After being badly injured in a car crash, family and colleagues rallied around to help Peter back to work.

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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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• How is exposure to trauma affecting you and your employees?

  There is a way of minimising the adverse effects trauma workers are exposed to - start by acknowledging "vicarious trauma".

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• Superdoc - Fighting fear and back pain

  Fear and back pain make a destructive combination - our local superhero talks about why.

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• The costs of cancer

  Cancer is the most widespread chronic disease in Australia. We look at 10 tips for supporting employees through cancer treatment and return to work.

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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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• Employees not coping with pain

  Understanding how distress interferes with recovery is the key to addressing difficult RTW cases.

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• Fact sheet: PSYCHO WHAAT? PSYCHOSOCIAL!

  The most common barriers to RTW are "psychosocial". Getting to know them makes it possible to overcome them.

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• What do RTW Professionals need to know about CBT?

  The basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and how it can be used to resolve difficult RTW cases.

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• Helping those who help

  Vicarious trauma, supporting staff dealing with traumatic situations.

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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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• Diamond discovered while down in the dumps about return to work.

  A new UK report finds that RTW depression is widespread, even when physical illness is the reason for work absence. Employers can make a difference.

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• A flag is a flag is a flag

  Everyday words can take on different meanings when used by medical practitioners, but to what effect?

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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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• Motivation: Part one

  The first instalment in a six-part series of articles on Motivation in rehabilitation.

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• Deanne's story part two: the secretary forced out of work by a common health condition.

  In Part Two of this series, RTW Matters interviews Deanne to discover why she feels angry and let down.

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• Complacency in return to work programs does not produce good outcomes

  An injured worker, with knee injuries and heart condition, is made redundant and has to deal with the concern that no other employer will take him on.

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• From fighting cancer to fostering Cancer Voices

  Cancer survivor John Stubbs talks about his journey back to good health and back to work, in a hugely important role.

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• Brodie's Law

  A tragic harassment case in Victoria has highlighted the need for HR professionals to remain vigilant on the matter of workplace bullying.

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• Nursing a healthy return to work journey

  Take 10 factors for RTW success and 10 for failure. Click on the ones you want to achieve - or remedy - and uncover the clues!

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• UK's what, who and why of vocational rehab

  A look at the UK College of Occupational Therapists' new paper, "Vocational rehabilitation: what is it, who can deliver it and who pays?"

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• Psychology, person injury and rehabilitation

  When a worker is physically injured, it isn't just the body that suffers.

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• Returning to a different work

  In an interview with Wolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director of NIDMAR, we learn the story of his special return to work, and hear how he's made a career out of helping others to do the same.

Research 1 - 6 of 6

• What makes people stick with exercises for back pain?

  Exercise is the gold standard treatment for chronic low back pain. The challenge is getting people to do it.

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• Cognitive-behavioural therapy-based interventions support RTW

  A study shows that cognitive-behavioural therapy-based interventions can reduce sick leave and get people back to work.

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• ‘It’s not fair. And it hurts’. The relationship between perceived injustice, chronic pain, recovery and RTW

  A study into the relationship between perceptions of injustice and chronic pain gives us reason to make sure that the processes, communication and relationships in our work injury schemes are fair.

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• Healthcare workers, violence and RTW

  Violence can lead to a complex combination of physical and psychological injury. Workers who suffer a violent workplace injury have a different RTW trajectory than those who haven't. Some will need extra support - these are the signs.

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• Angry nurses have more MSDs - and there's a link to social demands / support

  Nurses who think they offer their colleagues more support than they get in return are more likely to be angry, and develop an MSD, than those who describe a fair balance.

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• The test you do not want to ACE

  Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are common, and can wreak havoc on physical and psychological health in adulthood. What is the impact at work?