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2.8 Psychological Health SymptomsOrganizations and workers share responsibility in promoting workers' health. Study byAnat, D. (2008), revealed that the workplace can play an important part in this process byfacilitating access to free medical procedures, initiating health education programs,structuring a healthier workplace environment, empowering staff, and leading policychange toward greater awareness of workers' health. She when further to highlight thatworker, on the other hand, considers the social costs and potential benefits of relievingstress hazards in joining these initiatives, so they do not always fully utilize theopportunities provided by the workplace to promote their health. Nevertheless, concernfor workers' mental health in the workplace should enjoy efforts equal to those made outconcern for their physical health. Her study further revealed that fatigue should be thesubject of special awareness and likewise the means to prevent it should be givenparticular consideration.The main aim of emphasizing the medical evidence is to ensure that we encourage greaterinter-disciplinary work in the growing field of stress at work. A report (1969) by theDepartment of Health and Social Security in UK concluded that Coronary heart diseaseand mental ill health together, represented a serious cost for industry both in human andfinancial terms. There is a growing body of evidence from studies in experimentallaboratory settings (Kahn & Quinn,1970) and in workplace (Margolis, Kroes &Quinn,1974) to suggest that occupational stress is a causal factor in these diseases. Here,what is meant by occupational stress is actually negative environment factors or stressors27