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STRESS: in work with mentally handicapped people
Author(s) -
Spencer Douglas A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1983.tb00081.x
Subject(s) - dichotomy , coping (psychology) , psychology , work (physics) , work stress , stress (linguistics) , social psychology , nursing , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , engineering , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics
This paper considers stress in work with mentally handicapped people in hospital. Staff at Meanwood Park Hospital, were invited to contribute their thoughts on this subject. The significant points to emerge were: the nature of stress; the problems of uncertainty in roles; less structured hospital régimes; increasing expectations but inadequate resources; lack of esteem; difficulties with parents and relatives; interprofessional tensions; and dichotomies in attitudes and philosophies. Sensitivity meetings, more positive decisionmaking, and awareness of over‐commitment are suggested as possible approaches in coping with stress. Questions to be asked about stress in work are proposed.