Understanding Stress

Course overview

This course is designed to provide the learners with an understanding of stress and how it can affect us in the workplace. Health and social care is a very stressful environment to work in and it is important that staff can limit their own stress in order to support people who struggle with stress and find it very difficult to manage their moods and emotions. Logical decisions are very hard to make when we are stressed and this course highlights the importance of this and our responsibility to manage our mood and emotions in the workplace.

Aims and objectives

• Highlight the difference between mental illness and stress
• Recall facts around mental health and stress
• Know warning signs and symptoms of stress
• Discuss stigma and its effects on recovery
• Be aware of the theory around stress including anger and fear
• Provide tips on how to manage stress