Improving The Workplace Mental Health And Its Effects On Workers

This is a contributed post. However, all opinions expressed in this post are based on my personal view.

Work plays a central role in the lives of most adults and is also a social construction and a fundamental pillar of human society. A satisfactory work activity contributes to giving meaning to one’s existence, improving health and self-esteem, social relationships, and socioeconomic status.

On the contrary, negative work conditions or the absence of it, with little satisfaction, lack of influence and control in making decisions about the conditions and content of the task performed can be associated with undesirable effects on the health of every single person depending on various factors: the type of company, the structure, and model of the organization, the management style, the roles and status of the employee, etc. These factors mediate high stress, low job satisfaction, and poor quality of life, recognized as mediating health risk factors in various mental disorders and cardiovascular diseases.

There are three basic effects that link the complex interactions that take place between employment and mental health in a circular way, both positively and negatively. These are (1) the effects of employment/unemployment on mental health, (2) those of mental illness on employment, and (3) those of other factors that modify both variables such as marital status, the existence of children in the household and social class, which they must be controlled simultaneously.

In general, the fact of having a job protects the mental health of men and women, except for work overload and conflict of employment/family roles. Even patients with schizophrenia who can maintain employment show a lower level of anxiety and a higher level of initiative and activity. Work can intervene as a cause or aggravating factor through three fundamental factors: conditions of the material environment, psychological environment, and socioeconomic environment.

How can you help things?

There is an array of help tools to ensure that your mental health is at its best. From therapies to improving the time at work. It is believed that incentives can help people’s mental health greatly improve. You should consider looking at MTI Events for further information. These issues don’t magically disappear overnight. Often it takes work and dedication to improving things at work and your own mental health. 

Work can trigger and/or aggravate a complex disease of multifactorial etiology for which the patient is predisposed, such as essential arterial hypertension and various mental disorders such as depression and addictions. Diseases in the workplace can be triggered by different working conditions such as:

• General characteristics of premises, facilities, equipment, products, and other tools in the workplace
• The nature of physical, chemical, and biological agents in the work environment and their intensities, concentrations, or levels of presence
• The procedures used in carrying out the tasks
• Dedication
• Other characteristics of the job, such as organization and order, that influence the magnitude of the risks to which the worker is exposed.

It is important to prioritize mental health and to ensure that people in your workforce are also prioritizing it, which will lead to better functionality and general happiness in your life and career.