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neurological disorders and serves as a nation-wide consulting centre. It takes part in nation-wide supervision in psychiatry, neurology, and clinical psychology, and has acted as a supervisory board and adviser to the Ministry of Health. Its staff members serve on other supervisory and advisory bodies, including the Commissions for Postgraduate Education in Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology, and the Drug Commission.

The Institute organises postgraduate training for psychiatrists, neurologists, clinical psychologists and psychotherapists and courses that address the professional needs of physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers and teachers. It collaborates with the Medical Academy in Warsaw in teaching pharmacology, biochemistry, and psychiatry to medical students, and with Warsaw University in teaching psychology.

* The Central Institute of Labour Protection, Warsaw, carries out research on the impact of working conditions on security, health and behaviour and provides training for people preparing for the job market. It publishes The International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics and Podstawy i metody oceny Srodowiska pracy (Methods for evaluating the work community)

* The Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lódz is a leading academic institution in research on occupational safety and health issues in the workplace. It also focuses on public health, including health promotion.

The Institute's Department of Work Psychology offers training and educational programmes for psychologists, medical students, physicians, and nurses carries out research on the following topics:

* Psychological aspects of exposure to workplace stressors and the development of research methods to determine this assessment.

* Psychological determinants and consequences of violence at work

The development of norms and criteria for assessing occupational exposure to workplace stressors and neurotoxic chemicals.

* Psychological aspects of health promotion in the work place

Occupational determinants of workers' mental health

* The development of new methods in the area of health and occupational psychology

* Methodological supervision of occupational psychologists.

The Institute's Occupational Stress Unit performs research on:

* Health effects of occupational stress (chronic stress and trauma at work)

* Determinants of resistance to stress

* Burnout and its effects on workers' health

* Stress prevention

* Implementation of stress prevention programmes in the work place

* Development of educational programmes for occupational and health psychologists.

The Institute publishes the following journals:

* International journal of occupational medicine and community health (quarterly)

* Medycyna Pracy (Occupational Medicine).