What is mental health
Mental Disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood and behaviour associated with distress and or impaired functioning.
Mental Health is viewed as bodily systems working in successful functioning, harmony and balance.
Imbalance disharmony of the bodily systems may cause illness which originated from physical, psychological, nutritional intake, workplace environment or spiritual influences within the workplace.
If at workplace, an employee is subjected to constant or continuous workload or exposed to stressful environment, the body’s ability to fight infection is reduced
Mental Disorders are health conditions that are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood and behaviour associated with distress and or impaired functioning.
Mental Health is viewed as bodily systems working in successful functioning, harmony and balance.
Imbalance disharmony of the bodily systems may cause illness which originated from physical, psychological, nutritional intake, workplace environment or spiritual influences within the workplace.
If at workplace, an employee is subjected to constant or continuous workload or exposed to stressful environment, the body’s ability to fight infection is reduced
Stress all of its forms, from mental to job-related, affects physical health in a variety of ways including social health and lives
Daily social interaction in the workplace between superiors and subordinates or neighbourhood indicates the level of good mental harmony.
Most people will experience stress at work. However when an employee or person or group becomes chronically affected by stress, there will usually be characteristic signs and symptoms that can provide clues.
What causes mental health disorder
Occupational stress causation.
Financial problem
Household conflict
Bully or politicking at workplace
Low self-esteem
Office workload
Physical illness
Traffic congestion
In-conducive working environment
Past tragedy
Early symptoms of stress
Symptoms of stress
Restless and Depression or unusual display of emotions
Sleeping disorder
Poor performance and time keeping
Hot-tempered, poor judgement and indecisiveness
Consumption of drug, tobacco, alcohol or caffeine
Unexplained absences from work or sick leave
Creating a healthy workplace.
Every employer should and or need to develop policies and procedures to ensure that their approach is systematic and thorough. A specific policy relating to mental health at work is advisable by means of preventing problems through eliminating and minimising stress at source.
Adequate and suitable education or training programme and proper communication channel to assist individuals or groups who are experiencing the effects of stress to channel and seek redress. Setting up of counselling unit (either external counsellor) is a forward step in channelling any grievances.
Early intervention and progressive support from the management and promotion of positive health can minimise stress at workplace.
Other likely step should be taken by the Employer to minimise stress at workplace:
a) avoid or minimise autocratic management styles
b) due respect to ideas by workers
c) treat the workers well not like robot. They have feelings.
d) Create conducive working environment – flexible management style, management by walking etc
e) Value and tap the human capital capabilities at the organisation
f) Provide micro credit facilities if possible to ease any financial burden
g) Training and re-training to facilitate higher productivity
h) Promotion by merit and avoid office politics
i) Reward to performing staff
j) Create or provide more welfare programmes
Other precautionary steps in keeping your mental health in good shape
Always think and speak positively. You will get what you think. Your “think” will develop into thought that will eventually drive you either positive or negative.
Other proactive steps that every individual can do to avoid minimise and eliminate stress
Depression eclipses other chronic disease for poor health status.
Food additives may cause hyperactivity thus leading to heart complication.
Portion-control dishes or food intake helped people from obesity.
Waist size of 40inches for men and 35inches for women increases the risk for heart related diseases and diabetes.
Unfairness will increase heart risk and cannabis or tobacco disrupts brain centre.
Sleeping pills can cause strange behaviour like driving and eating while asleep or hallucinations.
Always practice good behaviour at workplace and neighbourhood.
Daily social interaction in the workplace between superiors and subordinates or neighbourhood indicates the level of good mental harmony.
Most people will experience stress at work. However when an employee or person or group becomes chronically affected by stress, there will usually be characteristic signs and symptoms that can provide clues.
What causes mental health disorder
Occupational stress causation.
Financial problem
Household conflict
Bully or politicking at workplace
Low self-esteem
Office workload
Physical illness
Traffic congestion
In-conducive working environment
Past tragedy
Early symptoms of stress
Symptoms of stress
Restless and Depression or unusual display of emotions
Sleeping disorder
Poor performance and time keeping
Hot-tempered, poor judgement and indecisiveness
Consumption of drug, tobacco, alcohol or caffeine
Unexplained absences from work or sick leave
Creating a healthy workplace.
Every employer should and or need to develop policies and procedures to ensure that their approach is systematic and thorough. A specific policy relating to mental health at work is advisable by means of preventing problems through eliminating and minimising stress at source.
Adequate and suitable education or training programme and proper communication channel to assist individuals or groups who are experiencing the effects of stress to channel and seek redress. Setting up of counselling unit (either external counsellor) is a forward step in channelling any grievances.
Early intervention and progressive support from the management and promotion of positive health can minimise stress at workplace.
Other likely step should be taken by the Employer to minimise stress at workplace:
a) avoid or minimise autocratic management styles
b) due respect to ideas by workers
c) treat the workers well not like robot. They have feelings.
d) Create conducive working environment – flexible management style, management by walking etc
e) Value and tap the human capital capabilities at the organisation
f) Provide micro credit facilities if possible to ease any financial burden
g) Training and re-training to facilitate higher productivity
h) Promotion by merit and avoid office politics
i) Reward to performing staff
j) Create or provide more welfare programmes
Other precautionary steps in keeping your mental health in good shape
Always think and speak positively. You will get what you think. Your “think” will develop into thought that will eventually drive you either positive or negative.
Other proactive steps that every individual can do to avoid minimise and eliminate stress
Depression eclipses other chronic disease for poor health status.
Food additives may cause hyperactivity thus leading to heart complication.
Portion-control dishes or food intake helped people from obesity.
Waist size of 40inches for men and 35inches for women increases the risk for heart related diseases and diabetes.
Unfairness will increase heart risk and cannabis or tobacco disrupts brain centre.
Sleeping pills can cause strange behaviour like driving and eating while asleep or hallucinations.
Always practice good behaviour at workplace and neighbourhood.
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