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Stress Management news 2006
CISF will test stress levels
The realisation about high stress level in Industrial force has prompted the CISF to launch an initiative to
effectively respond to emotional crises within the force. The force has introduced psychoanalytic tests for its
personnel for better Stress Management .
A Karandekar, deputy commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), lost his life when Raj
Namdeo, a constable in the force, shot him at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai three
years ago.
Such breakdowns, experts say, stem from a condition that every CISF employee suffers from — stress. SIS
Ahmed, director-general of the CISF, admits that stress and fatigue make personnel lose their cool often.
According to official figures, around 600 incidents of death, assault, and scuffle have been reported as the
outcome of stress in the last four years. “This test will help us determine the stress-absorbing capacity of the
personnel and place them accordingly in low- or high-stress sectors,” Ahmed said.
Another reason why stress is a major health concern in the CISF is its effect on performance. “Long working
hours and limited sleep lead to fatigue,” said a consulting general surgeon for the CISF.
Work Stress Leads to Heart Disease and Diabetes
People who suffer from chronic stress at work have an increased risk of developing heart disease and
diabetes, according to a study published in British Medical Journal.
Men who held stressful jobs for over 14 years were almost twice as likely to be obese, have insulin
intolerance, high-blood pressure and high cholesterol than those not exposed to stress.
The researcher measured self-reported work stress, which was considered present when participants said
job demands were high and job control was low. High job strain carried the highest risk for heart disease.
Women, about a third of participants, were more than five times more likely to have metabolic syndrome if
they were chronically stressed, the researchers said.
Participants with the metabolic syndrome had reduced variability in heart rate and raised levels of the stress-
fighting hormone cortisol and normetanephrine, a hormone that signals the body to increase the heart rate
in stressful times.
People under short-term but intense pressure to meet deadlines run a six times higher risk of having a heart
attack within the next 24 hours, according to an earlier study by Swedish scientists, which was published in
the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health in December 2004.
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries. About 20.8 million people, or 7
percent of the population, had diabetes in 2005 in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health.
CISF will test stress levels
The realisation about high stress level in Industrial force has prompted the CISF to launch an initiative to
effectively respond to emotional crises within the force. The force has introduced psychoanalytic tests for its
personnel for better Stress Management .
A Karandekar, deputy commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), lost his life when Raj
Namdeo, a constable in the force, shot him at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai three
years ago.
Such breakdowns, experts say, stem from a condition that every CISF employee suffers from — stress. SIS
Ahmed, director-general of the CISF, admits that stress and fatigue make personnel lose their cool often.
According to official figures, around 600 incidents of death, assault, and scuffle have been reported as the
outcome of stress in the last four years. “This test will help us determine the stress-absorbing capacity of the
personnel and place them accordingly in low- or high-stress sectors,” Ahmed said.
Another reason why stress is a major health concern in the CISF is its effect on performance. “Long working
hours and limited sleep lead to fatigue,” said a consulting general surgeon for the CISF.
Work Stress Leads to Heart Disease and Diabetes
People who suffer from chronic stress at work have an increased risk of developing heart disease and
diabetes, according to a study published in British Medical Journal.
Men who held stressful jobs for over 14 years were almost twice as likely to be obese, have insulin
intolerance, high-blood pressure and high cholesterol than those not exposed to stress.
The researcher measured self-reported work stress, which was considered present when participants said
job demands were high and job control was low. High job strain carried the highest risk for heart disease.
Women, about a third of participants, were more than five times more likely to have metabolic syndrome if
they were chronically stressed, the researchers said.
Participants with the metabolic syndrome had reduced variability in heart rate and raised levels of the stress-
fighting hormone cortisol and normetanephrine, a hormone that signals the body to increase the heart rate
in stressful times.
People under short-term but intense pressure to meet deadlines run a six times higher risk of having a heart
attack within the next 24 hours, according to an earlier study by Swedish scientists, which was published in
the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health in December 2004.
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in developed countries. About 20.8 million people, or 7
percent of the population, had diabetes in 2005 in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health.