Quality of the workplace affects mental health

A study published in the "Occupational and Environmental Medicine" shows that poorly paid job or job of short duration can adversely affect mental health as much as unemployment.

Unemployment among people generally is associated with worse mental health than work engagement. In this way policies of many countries are aimed at reducing the risks of psychosocial wellbeing arising from unemployment, without taking into account the impact on quality of work.

In the research were examined over 7000 people in Australia. Among those who were employed psychosocial quality of work was rated according to criteria relating to the complexity of the tasks, the degree of superiority in performance, workplace safety, and the amount of the salary in relation to the work performed.

According to the results, mental health was worse among the unemployed, which is not surprising. But if we take into account other factors such as education and marital status, mental health among the unemployed approaches to mental health among employees who worked in workplace with poor quality.

Among those who have job with the lowest quality according the study is noticed biggest decline in mental health over time. The study shows that there is a proportional relationship between poor working conditions and mental health, each parameter further exacerbated mental health.

In conclusion, the health benefits derived from finding a new job after a period of unemployment depend on the quality of the new workplace. In this regard the employment on a workplace with high quality greatly enhances the psychosocial well being, while beginning work with the job of poor quality further deteriorates mental health.

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Aboulia - how to recognise it

Have you ever felt like you are lacking motivation? Maybe you're undecided and you lose the spontaneity? Or you are inert and lose interest to do something interesting and creative, maybe this can be a current state, a result of emotional problems in life, but some people with this condition may be characterised as aboulia or lack of willpower or motivation.

What is aboulia and how to recognise it?

Aboulia is a partial or complete inability of decision making or their un-conducting.

Aboulia patients are not able to make decisions for the family, even to themselves. Loses the ability to spontaneous actions or that ability is reduced. It is passive; the emotional response is reduced and loses interest in things that are happening around him. Social interactions among these individuals is reduced it becomes visible to the environment that something is going on with these people. They are slow to react to events in their social environment or are completely uninterested in them. They do not start a conversation, are quiet or not talk at all, and the physical response is slow or non-existent.

Reasons

There have been numerous studies on whether aboulia is a separate disease or a symptom of an existing illness. It is concluded that aboulia is a consequence of already existing dement disease, ischemia, injury to brain tissue and is the most common cause of frontal lobe lesions.

Can it be treated?

Fortunately at the milder forms that are not strictly classified as aboulia, but as a form of depression, treatment is easy and includes antidepressant therapy, while at severe forms treatment approach is more complex.

If you or someone in your area has some of the above-mentioned symptoms suggest consulting a doctor.

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