[Workplace related anxiety and phobia]
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Published on: September 12, 2014
1Forschungsgruppe Psychosomatische Rehabilitation an der Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin und der, Rehabilitationsklinik Seehof der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bund, Lichterfelder Allee 55, 14513 Teltow/Berlin. michael.linden@charite.de
Abstract:
Work is an important aspect of life. Problems at the workplace must therefore have negative consequences on the mental status and mental problems will interfere with the working place. The relation between anxiety and the workplace is especially important because the workplace causes anxiety due to its very nature. A common final pathway of mental disorders in general, and work related anxieties in particular, are workplace phobias, with panic when approaching or even thinking of the workplace. This is a serious complication with negative consequences for the further course of illness. It makes special therapeutic intervention necessary. This paper describes the phenomenon of workplace related anxieties and phobia and provides a conceptual framework for their understanding.
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