CONSEQUENCES OF

WORKPLACE STRESS
Individual Consequences
O Mood Disorders
O Anxiety Disorder
O Burn-out
O Survivor Syndrome
Mood Disorder
O Even with established criteria, there is
nevertheless a grey zone in which it is hard
to distinguish between normal mood and
serious mood disorders.
2 Types of Mood Disorders
O Unipolar- depresive symptoms
O (sadness, loss of interest or pleasure)

O Bipolar- both depreseive and manic

O (feelings of excitement and euphoria)
Symptoms of Bipolar Disordes
Symptoms of Depression Manic Symptoms

Depressed mood Exaggerated self- confidence

Loss of interest or pleasure Increased need to talk

Loss or increase in weight Increased activities (social,

professional, school or sexual)
Sleep disorders

Loss of energy

Difficulty in thinking
Anxiety Disorders
O Response to a threat or danger that really
exists
O An unpleasant inner state that appears
when a danger is anticipated.
 Panic Disorder
O Experience fear
O Intense malaise

O Symptoms:
O Palpitations
O Accelerated heart rate
O Sweating
O Trembling or shaking
O Chest pain
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
O Individuals are suffering from generalized
anxiety when for most of the time over a
period of 6 months, they are anxious and
excessively worried when confronted with
events or activities that are usually part of
everyday life.
O Symptoms:
O Fatigue, feeling boosted, loss of memory,
difficulty in concentrating, sleep dissorders.
 Burn-Out
O Have an unhealthy relationshiop with their work.

O Symptoms:
O Loss of enthusiasm
O Loss of self confidence
O Feeling of incompetence
O Guilt
O Irritability
O Negative Attitude
 Survivor Syndrome
O Following a work reorganization, the
employees who have not been laid off an
often be more distressed, depressed, tired
and demotivated.

O symptoms:
O Depresion, decreased productivity, decreased
commitment to organization, resistance to
change, intention to leave job.
 ORGANIZATIONAL
CONSEQUENCES
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