5.4 Mental ill-health

Which is one of the six HSE Management Standards for stress?

• 1 Noise
• 2 Lighting
• 3 Temperature
• 4 Control

PTSD stands for:

• 1 Post-treatment stress disease
• 2 Physical trauma stress disease
• 3 Post-traumatic stress disorder
• 4 Persistent tension stress disorder

The home-work interface includes:

• 1 Commuting, childcare and caring duties
• 2 Only vibration
• 3 Only fire risk
• 4 Only noise

Which HSE Management Standard covers workload and work patterns?

• 1 Role
• 2 Relationships
• 3 Change
• 4 Demands

The Management Standard called control relates to:

• 1 The speed of the lift
• 2 The supply of tools
• 3 How much say people have about how they work
• 4 The temperature

The Management Standard called support covers help from:

• 1 Managers and colleagues
• 2 Competitors
• 3 The enforcement agency
• 4 Customers

The Management Standard called relationships includes:

• 1 Pay levels
• 2 Product price
• 3 Equipment purchase
• 4 Dealing with bullying

The Management Standard called role means that:

• 1 People have no role
• 2 People understand their role in the organisation
• 3 People work alone
• 4 People pick their own tasks always

The Management Standard called change covers:

• 1 How money is changed
• 2 How change is managed and communicated
• 3 How the shift pattern is paid
• 4 How the tools are changed

A possible sign of stress in a worker is:

• 1 A holiday photo
• 2 A new tool
• 3 A new hairstyle
• 4 Changes in behaviour, mood or attendance

Which of these is a mental health condition covered by the syllabus?

• 1 Asthma
• 2 Influenza
• 3 Anxiety and panic attacks
• 4 Dermatitis

A control for work-related stress is to:

• 1 Match workloads to people's abilities
• 2 Remove support
• 3 Ignore the complaints
• 4 Raise the workload

Caring for a vulnerable relative is an example of the:

• 1 Job factor
• 2 Control of vibration
• 3 Management Standard of role
• 4 Home-work interface

Most people with mental ill-health can:

• 1 Work only part time
• 2 Work only alone
• 3 Continue to work effectively with appropriate support
• 4 Never work

Mental ill-health costs organisations mainly through:

• 1 Absence and reduced performance
• 2 Lower insurance
• 3 Increased noise
• 4 Higher profits