- 'Jl6 CAPITOt ftECOnOS. INC. ON RECORDS AND HIGH QUALITY XOR® CASSETTES FROM CAPITOL CASH BOX THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC / COIN MACHINE / HOME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VOLUME XLIX — NUMBER 34 — February 8, 1986 C4SHBO< GUEST EDITORIAL Handling Stress in Radio Records GEORGE ALBERT And President and Publisher By Dr. Keith C. Ferdinand MARK ALBERT Health is a state of mental, physical, and social well-being; it is not in your daily life is the first action to take in treating stress. If your work Vice President and General Manager merely the absence of disease. Stress may indeed be the number one cause place is impossible to deal with you may need a job change or at least SPENCE BERLAND of unhealthiness today. Americans are constantly subjected to stressful a change in schedule. Request a meeting with your boss after writing down Vice President situations; job dissatisfaction, economic insecurity, family conflict, and and outlining the problems that you see in your work place. Have available J.B. CARMICLE threats of physical attack. suggestions for possible solutions. Blowing off steam or “acting crazy" Vice President Men and women working in the communications is no substitute for a reasoned and constructive 7dAVID ADELSOli industry have a high level of work-related stress. suggestion session. This also indicates to those in Stress takes a heavy toll on the mind and body and greater authority that you have an ability to Managing Editor sometimes appears as unexplained sleep disturban- demonstrate control and maturity. If you cannot ROBERT LONG ces, headaches, loss of appetite, compulsive binge- make positive changes in your work place, consider Director Black/Urban Marketing eating, obesity, muscle tension, and a long list of other options, such as transferring to another area, JIMI FOX diseases. Peptic ulcer disease, mucous colitis, changing jobs, or even starting your own business. Director Media Communications bronchial asthma, neurodermatitis, anxiety, depres- If you have evaluated your alternatives realistically, KEITH ALBERT sion, menstrual cycle disorders, balding, impotence, then you have an idea of how far you can go in Manager, Charts And Research alcohol and drug addiction, suicide and homicide trying to change your present situation. are all examples of diseases which are in some way Clean Up Your Diet Research DARRYL LINDSEY related to the psychophysiological responses to Your diet affects your well-being. Eat more natural RON ROSENTHAL stress. In the radio and record industry, secretaries, foods, whole-grains, fresh vegetables and fruits. STEVEN ZAP clerical workers, music professionals, technicians, Watch and avoid hidden drugs (colas, coffee, and JONATHAN STROUM and management at all levels feel the physical and additives.) Cigarette smoking is a number one cause Los Angeles Editorial psychological effects of stress. of this nation’s leading killer, heart disease. Nicotine GREGORY DOBRIN “This job makes me sick!" The reason: people in addiction, overconsumption of alcohol, and depend- PETER BERK STEPHEN PADGETT jobs with little control or decision-making authority ence on tranquilizers are all negative ways to cope NADEEN TOOMEY often feel trapped in a helpless, hopeless situation. with stress and actually can contribute to the Under the time and work demands, they often feel progression of stress-related disease. New York Editorial Keith Ferdinand, M.D., F.A.C.C., is that their particular suggestions and needs on C. a Relaxation LEE JESKE, Bureau Chief how Response Doctor of internal medicine and cardiology PAUL lORIO and when the work is produced are not being given Try to reduce your stress by relaxing. The in New Orleans, Louisiana TOM McENTEE full consideration. Job factors which are most relaxation response is a scientific anti-stress irritating include an unsupportive employer, technique similar to what is commonly called Director Nashville Operations excessively high production schedules, monotonous tasks, and most meditation. The essentials of relaxation are not new and have been known Nashville Editorial/Research importantly a lack of power or control over what goes on in their own for centuries in Africa and the Orient. For Americans who experience a RICHARD F. D ANTONIO MARY KUJAWA work place. great deal of stress and tension, the traditional method of meditation can AMY LAVELLE What is stress? be taught without contradicting or conflicting the individual’s religion or Stress is a widely used and often poorly understood term. Stress can lifestyle. PUBLICATION OFFICES NEW YORK be defined as any reaction in the body to forces, usually of the harmful Establish a quiet environment with minimal distractions. 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