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No. 3 (2023)

PSYCHOTHERAPY

About the Concept of Anxiety Disorders in the Workplace, its Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Testing

https://doi.org/10.21265/PSYPH.2023.18.96.004

Published 2023-09-30

  • N.G. Garanyan
    • ,
  • A.V. Sharapova

N.G. Garanyan
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education

A.V. Sharapova
Moscow State University of Psychology & Education

Abstract

This article introduces the reader to the main ideas of German authors B. Mushalla and M. Linden, who created the interdisciplinary concept of anxiety disorders in the workplace. The relevance of these developments is explained by the growth of cases of mental disorders associated with professional employment. Particular relevance of mental health in the workplace was acquired in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aimed to: 1) present the characteristics of jobs that can provoke anxiety; 2) state theses of the concept of anxiety and anxious disorders in the workplace of German authors; 3) represent the diagnostic criteria for the phobia of the workplace; 4) describe the main results of clinical and psychological studies of this phenomenon. According to the obtained results, a number of practical recommendations were formulated for the diagnosis and psychotherapy of anxiety disorders in the workplace.

Keywords

workplace anxiety, professional successfulness, emotional distress, mental health

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