Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to study how to prevent stress-related diseases of employees, and treat them early. For this purpose, 119 employees were analyzed by mental health examinations, (so called Stress Dock) at Osaka Prefectural Mental Health Center for 4 months. Our findings and conclusions are as follows. 1) Conferences were held for determining stress conditions of the above mentioned 119 employees. They were classified into 4 groups, i.e. "severe, " "borderline, " "moderate" and "a little." 2) Most employees felt themselves stressful and 55% of them were classified into "severe." 3) 40% of the employees were diagnosed as having stress-related diseases for the first time. Twenty-four of 36 employees who had psychosomatic diseases could be found earlier. The Stress Dock was therefore very useful for finding stress-related diseases of employees early. 4) Making employees realized their stress conditions as a stress management was very effective. 5) Most employees who were suffering from stressful conditions were recommended to attend relaxation seminars and workshops for employees' stress management. In conclusion, it is very important for employees' stress management to organize a comprehensive system which can prevent stress-related diseases by finding and treating them.
