How to go professionally with life stress - The presentation was designed as a part of the conference of Psychiatry. الدتور حسن هاشم دكتوراة ادرة الأزمات والكوارث - دكتوراة ادلرة الأعمال - ماجستير ادارة الجودة - عضو مؤسس للموسسة المصرية للتأهيل النفسي الإجتماعي - عضو الجمعية العالمية للتأهيل النفسي والإجتماعي - مؤسس عدة شركات تدريب واستشارات

1. 6th Annual Regional Conference
of Integrated Psychiatry:
preventive Psychiatry
Mitigators of stressors
Dr. Hassan Hashim

2. Introduction
 “To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and
pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you
don't have to worry”. Harvey MacKay
 It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in
business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The Bridge
between wishing and accomplishing is discipline. Harvey
MacKay
 It is a kind of “luxury” to be stressed out for all situations
coming across, hitting on – “discipline” yourself to keep
going forward. Dr. Naglaa Abou El-Azayem

3. The Stress Response: Fight or Flight

4. Stress Statistics: Some empirical
Studies - 1
 Source: ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry: 2014
 Topic: “Persistent over stress impair achievement”
 Sample Size: 200 secondary students
 Conclusion: the results showed that more than 41%
of the sample suffering from “Stress Prevalence” –
After discipline, the students depended on 5
strategies to mitigate the stressors in order to
regulate academic achievement. The 5 Strategies are
( religious milieu – Positive reinterpretation – active
coping – instrumental support)

5. Stress Statistics: Some empirical
Studies - 2
 Source: The School of Psychology & dep. of Cellular &
Molecular Medicine – Ottawa university – Canada (The
research supported by Natural Sciences & Engineering
Council of Canada)
 Topic: “Understanding Stress: Characteristics & Caveats
 Conclusion: The research showed that the stress has to be
understood thru the effects of “Genetics, Gender, Age, and
Previous Stressors exposure – the paper concluded also that
the “stress experiences help in increasing the
“sensitization”, adopting relevant “controllability & Positive
Coping”. It also (after Designing of Experiments on Mice &
Rats) proves that skills may help in recovery of dysfunctions
of cognitive disorders & mental abilities

6. Stress Warning Signs and Symptoms
 Cognitive Symptoms
• Memory Problems
• Indecisiveness
• Inability to concentrate
• Poor judgment
• Loss of objectivity
• Fearful anticipation
• Seeing only the negativity
• Trouble thinking

7. Stress Warning Signs and Symptoms
 Emotional Symptoms
• Moodiness
• Agitation
• Restlessness
• Short temper
• Irritability
• Feeling tense & on edge
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Sense of Isolation
• Depression or/and General Unhappiness

8. Stress Warning Signs and Symptoms
 Physical Symptoms
• Headaches / Backaches
• Muscle Tension and stiffness
• Diarrhea or/and constipation
• Nausea – Dizziness
• Insomnia
• Chest pain – rapid heartbeat
• Weigh gain or loss
• Skin breakouts (hives – eczema)
• Frequent colds

9. Stress Warning Signs and Symptoms
 Behavioral Symptoms
• Eating more or less
• Isolating oneself from others
• Procrastination and/or neglecting
responsibilities
• Using Alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs to relax
• Nervous habits
• Overdoing activities
• Picking fights with others
• Overacting to unexpected problems

10. Causes of Stress
 Top 10 ones
• Spouse's death
• Relationship break-up
• Jail Term
• Death of close relatives
• Illness
• Money concerns
• Failure
• Fired from a job
• Retirement
• War Status

11. Internal Causes of Stress: PTSD
pathway
 Root causes
• Uncertainty
• Pessimistic attitude
• Self-Criticism
• Unrealistic expectation
• Perfectionism
• Low-self esteem
• Excessive anger
• Lack of assertiveness
• Lack of skills of “Problem Solving”
• Rigid Mindset & inflexibility

12. PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
“PTSD” is a serious disorder that
requires professional intervention

13. Problem-solving Approach: Its Stages
• Problem Diagnosis
• Definition of Objectives and
representation of the problem
• Discovery of the solution
• Working on the discovered solutions &
Prediction of the result
• Looking back & evaluating of the
results of activities

14. Problem-solving Methods
• Trial & error
• Insight & recognition
• Analytical methods
• John Dewey Methodology (5 steps)
- define the problem
- guessing or determining the cause of the
problem
- consider possible solutions
- choosing the best solution
- implement the solution & develop it

15. Thank You