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Mental problems are seen more in those, who experience work stress!

The Academic Member Dr. Filiz Şükrü Gürbüz of the Istanbul Gelisim University drew attention to the fact that the stress came forth by threatening and forcing physical and mental limits of the individual and as a consequence, the stress might show various different physical and mental signs.

While mentioning about the anxiety and stress, created by daily life, such as imbalances between the professional and private life and child care and so on, the number of those, who feel themselves as burnout, rises from day to day. The telecommuting that came into our life especially together with the pandemic (epidemic) increased the work stress on working people as well. The Academic Member Dr. Filiz Şükrü Gürbüz of the Istanbul Gelisim University emphasized that the problems, which might be created by the work stress, could be overcome through psycho-trainings due to be offered within the institution (enterprise).

WORK STRESS CREATES EXHAUSTION (BURNOUT)

The Academic Member Dr. Filiz Şükrü Gürbüz of the Istanbul Gelisim University, who is a Specialist of Psychiatry of the Psychology Department of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences of the Istanbul Gelisim University and said that the stress occurred by the threatening and forcing the physical and mental limits of the individual, drew attention to the fact that as a result of it, the stress might show various different physical and mental signs. Mrs. Gürbüz further added as follows:

‘’The researches, made within this framework, indicate that the mental problems are seen more frequently on the individuals, who experience work stress at intensive level. The exhaustion (burnout) comes on the top of the problems, caused by the work stress.  The burnout refers to the problems that come forth as a result of intensive work stress on the individuals and are experienced in mental and behavioural field. Following mental problems such as unwillingness or reluctance to go to the work, asthenia, fall in energy and so on, and in the meantime, behavioural problems, for instance, tardiness, failure to go to work, ignoring the work, made and negative attitudes, shown towards workmates and/or persons, who are offered services’’  

STRESS AT THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT REDUCES THE QUALITY OF THE WORK SO MADE

The level of stress of the working people is affected as a result of various factors arising from the work itself and employer establishment at the work environment related thereto. Mrs. Gürbüz, who also mentioned that the exposure to intensive stress at the work environment raised the risk of making mistake and risk of accident, and reluctance in going to work, increase in the ceases of employment and fall in the quality of the work so made, further added that it has been determined that the problems, experienced subject to the work stress, might cause the occurrence of serious losses from financial point of view.  

PSYCHO-TRAININGS MAY BE ORGANIZED FOR EFFECTIVE STRESS MANAGEMENT

The Academic Member Dr. Gürbüz, who emphasized that it was necessary for each institution and establishment to make a research about the effects of the order and functioning within itself, further indicated that it was necessary analyse the stress sources and levels at certain intervals in that direction and make improvements related thereto.  

It is also significantly important to arrange psycho-trainings to handle the work stress in the fields such as effective stress management, communication, anger management and so on, towards the employees of the establishment at issue in respect of the improvement of relationships between the individuals at the establishment and development of skills of employees to overcome the stress in an effective manner.