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Support: Dealing with Stress in the Workplace

Recruitment and Retention Toolkit   Dealing with Stress in the Workplace 2.10.0   The Impact of Stress on Retention: The Stress Factor 2.10.2.0   Want to Reduce Stress and Burnout in Behavioral Health Workers? How to Get There Checklist [2.10.2.f   Dr. Rahe's Life Changes Stress Test [2.10.2f 7]

Dr. Rahe's Life Changes Stress Test [2.10.2f 7]

Psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe studies stress and its impact on health, they identified 42 life events, called Life Change Units (LCU) that provoke stress, and provided a different “weight” for each event; the more LCU events in your life the higher the stress. 
 
To take the interactive Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale and read a summary of your results, Click Here.
 
Information on the stress categories (Locus of control, optimism, and control appraisals to coping) and rankings can be found Here.

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