Psychological stress

For many people, stress is part of everyday life.
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work estimates that 40 million people in the European Union are affected by stress.

According to the European Union's own figures, absenteeism and illness cost the EU at least 20 billion euros per year and 50 to 60% of absenteeism is related to stress at the workplace.

• Toolbox: Tools for documenting psychological stress
  The guide for workplace users, published by the "Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin" (Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, abbreivated to "BAuA" in German)
• Facts and strategies relating to stress at the workplace
  Provided by the New Quality at Work Initiative (abbreviated to "INQA" in German)
• "Stress im Betrieb?- Handlungshilfen für die Praxis" (Stress at the Workplace? Guidance for Workplace Practice)
  A guide produced by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
• "Working on Stress"
  Magazine No. 5 of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, including articles by European experts on ??
• Psychological stress and RSI
  Ergo-Online "ARBEIT und GESUNDHEIT" (Work and Health) information service
• Self-help with stress
  An Ergo-Online questionnaire on stress
• The On-line Stress Test
  Created by the International Institute for Work and Health as part of a research project commissioned by the "Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege" (Berufsgenossenschaft for the Health and Welfare Services, BGW )
• Diagnose Stress
  Die BG für Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege (BGW) gibt Tipps zur Vermeidung und Bewältigung von Stress (PDF-Broschüre 0,4 MB).
• BGW-Stresskonzept - Das arbeitspsychologische Stressmodell | EP-SKM1
  Ziel dieses Projekts war es, die Organisation und Koordination zum Thema Stress innerhalb der BGW und die BGW-Angebote für die Mitgliedsbetriebe zu optimieren.
• "Stress im Handwerk - Konflikte am Arbeitsplatz erfolgreich lösen" (Stress in the crafts and trades sector - Successful resolution of workplace conflicts)
  Guidance on how to reduce stress in the crafts and trades sector, provided by the Innungskrankenkasse (IKK) health insurance company.
• "Ausgebrannt" (Burnt out)
  On-line advice on the subject of burnout, provided by the Hesse Social Network
• Causes of occupational stress and its impact on health - "Stress und Ausgebrannt sein - ein wachsendes Problem für Angestellte" (Stress and burnout - A growing problem for employees), published by the International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva 2002
• Psychosoziale Risiken, insbesondere Stress am Arbeitsplatz istThema der Europäischen Woche 2002, initiiert durch die Europäische Agentur für Sicherheit und Gesundheitsschutz am Arbeitsplatz in Bilbao/Spanien
• Information on "Stress and psychosocial risks??" (in English), supplied by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• This "Depression" leaflet produced by the "Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen e.V." (Professional Association of German Psychologists), provides information on the characteristics and types of the disease, ??, how depression comes about and what assistance and treatment there is.