Short course
7.1
Stress management
and counselling
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| Stress management and counselling in primary
care
| | Stress is often thought of as
the factors in day-to-day life which adversely affect
adjustment and coping, but stress as a challenge or
pressure to perform can also contribute
to enhanced performance and productivity.
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| | Stress management should not be
uncritically accepted as providing "all the
answers".
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| | Detailed assessment of the
particular needs of the patient is essential, with
special attention to comorbidity.
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| An individual's response to stress
is mediated by many factors: the number of different
stressors involved, personality style, cultural
background, social circumstances, the symbolic meaning
of the stress, past life experiences and the
availability of support.
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