Common mental disorders and work

Common mental disorders.

Common mental disorders are a group of distress states manifesting with anxiety, depressive and unexplained somatic symptoms typically encountered in community and primary care settings. Risk factors for these disorders are mainly lower socio-economic status, psychological illnesses, poor reproductive health, gender disadvantage and physical ill-health. WHO has recommended that treatment of all...

Work-focused treatment of common mental disorders and return to work: a comparative outcome study.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two individual-level psychotherapy interventions: (a) treatment as usual consisting of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and (b) work-focused CBT (W-CBT) that integrated work aspects early into the treatment. Both interventions were carried out by psychotherapists with employees on sick leave because of common mental disorders (depressi...

Mental Disorders, Mental Disability at Work

Occupations, work characteristics and common mental disorder

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of common mental disorders (CMDs) by occupation in a representative sample of the English adult population. Another aim was to examine whether the increased risk of CMD in some occupations could be explained by adverse work characteristics. Method We derived a sample of 3425 working-age respondents from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity ...

Physical activity and common mental disorders.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that physical activity may have antidepressant and/or anti-anxiety effects. AIMS To examine the bidirectional relationship between physical activity and common mental disorders and establish the importance of context, type and intensity of activity undertaken. METHOD A clinical examination of 40 401 residents of Norway was undertaken. Participants ...