[Occupational stress as one of the concerns of present-day public health services].
BACKGROUND
Occupational health is aimed at promoting and maintaining the highest degree of physical, mental and social welfare of workers in all professions.


METHODS
It is known that psychological conflicts and the individual s inability to adapt to work are capable of generating negative moods, emotional upsets and other maladies that affect not only mental health but also the neurovegetative functioning of the organism. It is for this reason that one of the problems related to the health disease binomial that has attracted most attention among researchers over the last 20 years has been the issue of occupational stress. Work constitutes one of the most valuable sources of psychological and social welfare for human beings and provides adults with the greater part of their meaning and structure, as stated by a number of authors. The review of the literature reveals new criteria about the psychosocial factors that play a part in the occupational area and its repercussions on the health of the worker. Diagnostic tools for future work are also discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
Stress, health, performance in the workplace, the family and the social network all go to make up an integrated whole and this represents one of the main concerns present day public health services are faced with.
Casanova-Sotolongo
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Neurología Policlínico Docente Héroes del Moncada. Municipio de Salud Plaza, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba. pcasanov@infomed.sld.cu
Lima-Mompó
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Aldana-Vilas
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Casanova-Carrillo
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Casanova-Carrillo
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D011634:Public Health; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017132:Workplace