TREATING WORK STRESS - AN ALTERNATIVE TO WORKERS COMPENSATION

Work stress is a growing and expensive problem, A model for group psyc hotherapy for disgruntled workers presenting with psychiatric symptoms was offered through Kaiser Permanente's outpatient psychiatry departm ent, The findings of a 2-year follow-up study conducted on group parti cipants indicate that this type of cognitive-behavioral group psychoth erapy can be helpful in increasing employee satisfaction and adjustmen t at work, This also raises the possibility that early intervention th rough group psychotherapy may be effective in reducing the incidence o f workers' compensation stress claims.