Health disorders- vegetative dystonia, depression, burnout syndrome
Anxiety
unpleasant concern and a subjective feeling of tension. It leads to various psychological and physiological responses and behavioral changes. Increased anxiety may interfere with fulfilled life, work and social opportunities, as well as psychological and somatic problems.
Panic
disorder or panic attacks are spontaneous, intense, short episodes of anxiety, which typically occur when you are not expecting them, without any prior signs or obvious reason. These episodes are accompanied by a series of scary physical symptoms. A panic attack lasts for about 10-30 minutes (rarely more than an hour). The highest intensity is experienced for 5-10 minutes and usually appears 1-2 times a week, but in severe cases – even on a daily basis. They affect approximately 5-6% of the population and are 3 to 4 times more common among women.
Depression
is an abnormal, painful, debilitating psycho-physiological process. It is classified as a mood disorder. Mood consists of emotions which are expressed as a personal worldview. Depression is much more than just sadness, because it affects both people’s thoughts and ideas about the future and the self-perception. Mood disorders also affect relationships with others – family, work colleagues and other members of society.
Burnout syndrome
Excessive workload, responsibility, high demands, low social support, and inadequate material and emotional reward is the pre-condition of formation for burnout syndrome. Burnout syndrome is a physical and / or mental exhaustion which occurs as a consequence of long-term emotional not well-being related to working conditions and self-image. It is emphasized that exhaustion is an emotional distress consequences. This is a situation when a person’s ability to work is reduced. There are several risk groups that are particularly vulnerable to burnout syndrome: people whose profession is associated with the care of other people, emotional contact with people. For example – doctors, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, teachers, psychologists and other professionals. Especially if the work is related to people who are suffering, people who are young professionals. – Just beginning to work, people who are changing jobs, starting a new position at a new workplace, those whose work involves working in shifts. Also people whose work involves a high degree of responsibility, but low material and moral evaluation and authority.
Vegetative disorders
long-term stress, dissatisfaction with life, a dislike of one’s work and many other factors can cause vegetative dystonia (nervous system disorders). They can affect the heart, respiratory and intestinal tract. A person suffers from palpitations, blood pressure and temperature changes, sweating, diarrhea or constipation, feeling faint or nauseous. The human body itself can no longer be regulated. Symptoms may include one or several together or separately, often complemented by pain in the heart, stomach or back area. Generally, physical disturbance accompanied by emotional distress. The person may fear falling, dying and have depressed mood, fatigue, anxiety. These symptoms may be caused from organic disease, but they can also be emotional problems – chronic fear, anger, mental trauma in the past.