Quick Facts about Work related stress

• Reality of the work related stress might be more costly than most workers realize.
• The effects of psychiatric disorders brought about by work-related stress are significant , both for the individual concerned and for the employer.  (Stress at work  report, 2007)
• Anxiety, depression and other emotional problems commonly lead to sickness absence, medical consultations and high levels of suffering and dysfunction.  (MIND survey, 2014)
• Stress in America Survey consistently finds that women report higher stress levels than men.
• Above a certain threshold, higher levels of income do not generate a significant increase in reported levels of happiness (Layard,2004).
• If the Individual/ organization  learns the  science of managing work related stress, then  stress becomes Eu-stress rather than distress ( more commonly known as “stress”) ( sir Cary Cooper, 2010).