Diseases

Occupational Stress

Adverse psychological and behavioral reactions caused by the pressures and demands of employers or clients or other factors, such as the physical environment of the workplace, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; or WORKPLACE BULLYING.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Adverse psychological and behavioral reactions caused by the pressures and demands of employers or clients or other factors, such as the physical environment of the workplace, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE; or WORKPLACE BULLYING.

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Synonyms

43 entry terms
  • Job Strain
  • Job Stress
  • Job-related Stress
  • Occupational Strain
  • Professional Stress
  • Work Place Stress
  • Work Strain
  • Work Stress
  • Work-related Stress
  • Workplace Stress
  • Job Strains
  • Job Stresses
  • Job related Stress
  • Job-related Stresses
  • Occupational Strains
  • Occupational Stresses
  • Professional Stresses
  • Strain, Job
  • Strain, Occupational
  • Strain, Work
  • Stress, Job
  • Stress, Job-related
  • Stress, Occupational
  • Stress, Professional
  • Stress, Work
  • Stress, Work Place
  • Stress, Work-related
  • Stress, Workplace
  • Work Place Stresses
  • Work Strains
  • Work Stresses
  • Work related Stress
  • Work-related Stresses
  • Workplace Stresses
  • Job Control
  • Job Demands
  • Workplace Abuse
  • Workplace Bullying
  • Abuse, Workplace
  • Bullying, Workplace
  • Demand, Job
  • Job Demand
  • Workplace Abuses

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2018

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Previous Indexing

  • Occupational Diseases (1963-2017)
  • Stress, Psychological (1973-2017)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C24w.580w
  2. F01.145.126.990w.734w
  3. F02w.830w.900w.666w

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NLM Classification

WA 495

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Occupational Stress. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073397. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073397
  2. Occupational Stress. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_stress
  3. Occupational Stress. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815298