Role of Stress Effecting Health : Family, Work & School

College of Applied Medical Sciences Department of Respiratory Care Course : Behavioral Sciences Role of Stress Effecting Health : Family, Work & School  Prepared by : Adnan Alnasser JafarAlmubarak  Supervised by : Dr.MaanA.BariQasemSaleh

 Outlines: Introduction Overview Types Its impact on the family, work and school Methods of Treatment

 Introduction Stress and health are closely linked. It is well known that stress, either quick or constant, can induce risky body-mind disorders. Immediate disorders such as dizzy spells, anxiety, tension, sleeplessness, nervousness and muscle cramps can all result in chronic health problems. In the long run they may also affect our immune, cardiovascular and nervous systems.

 Overview Stress affects overall mind/body health. Adults who experience a great deal of stress rate their mental and physical health lower than adults who are not experiencing stress.

People experiencing stress are more likely to report a number of specific ailments and symptoms, including feeling nervous or sad, symptoms of fatigue, inability to sleep or sleeping too much, lack of interest, motivation or energy and headaches.

 Types

 Its impact on the family, work and school 1) FAMILY: - The most common causes of stress in family life are finances, work and health. The financial situation is the cause most often cited for stress in family

- Children are another source of stress. Parents try to protect them from the harsh realities of the world but at times the obstacles can seem insurmountable especially once children reach the pre-teen and teenage years. Parents worry about their teens becoming involved with alcohol or drugs, or hanging with the wrong crowd. They worry about their education, and providing for their needs and their safety

2) WORK : Causes of work stress include: -Being unhappy in your job -Having a heavy workload or too much responsibility -Working long hours -Having poor management, unclear expectations of your work, or no say in the decision-making process

-Working under dangerous conditions -Being insecure about your chance for advancement or risk of termination -Having to give speeches in front of colleagues -Facing discrimination or harassment at work, especially if your company isn't supportive

3) SCHOOL : As we all know students all over the country deal with stress situations in school and at home but some others commit bad decisions such like doing drugs or even dropping out of high school so they can just nolonger have the pressure and stress that they had before.

one of the most stressful times of life. Students today face increasing amounts of school work, assignment deadlines, and exams. By having all this stress and thoughts in their heads they will probably not be able to focus on school work and studying for Exams.

 Methods of Treatment : Relaxation exercises/techniques. There are many variations of these exercises, but all of them produce what physiologists call “the relaxation response.” The parasympathetic nervous system predominates, the individual’s autonomic system is not in an emergency mode, and the body is in a more rebuilding, “healing” mode. This is not the same as sleeping although sleeping is also a type of rebuilding activity.

Cognitive therapy. This form of psychotherapy helps patients to replace dysfunctional, inaccurate thoughts and images (causing the experience of stress) with thoughts and images that are more accurate and that decrease stress.

This often involves a technique known as “reframing” in which one learns to view or think about a stressor or stressful situation in a different light that is less stressful. In addition, the therapist will also help the patient to find ways of decreasing or removing stressors. Sometimes this is the easiest thing to do if it is logistically feasible.

Medical hypnosis. Particularly when performed by a licensed mental health professional such as a clinical psychologist, hypnosis assists the client in entering an extremely relaxed but focused state so that subconscious processes of healing can occur. This relaxed state not only reduces immediate stress, but it also reduces chronic stress.

 Our References  (http://www.lifepositive.com/mind/psychology/stress/stress-and-health.asp) (http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/stresshealth.htm) (http://www.brain-injury-therapy.com/articles/stress.htm) (http://www.medicinenet.com/stress/index.htm)

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Role of Stress Effecting Health : Family, Work & School