Let’s study how worker health affects the psychosocial work environment

Psychosocial work environment and health: new evidence.

D espite profound changes in modern working life occupational health research has maintained a rather narrow view of its topic, dealing almost exclusively with physical, chemical, or otherwise material conditions. 2 In view of a substantial body of scientific evidence of adverse effects on health produced by a stressful psychosocial work environment this restriction is no longer justified. 4 Th...

How the environment affects mental health.

The psychosocial work environment and alcohol dependence: a prospective study.

AIMS To examine whether a stressful psychosocial work environment predicts alcohol dependence. METHODS Alcohol dependence of participants in the Whitehall II occupational cohort of London based civil servants (1985-88) was measured in 1991-93 using the CAGE questionnaire. The psychosocial work environment was measured by self report questions on the job demand-support-control model and on the...

Psychosocial work environment and mental health--a meta-analytic review.

OBJECTIVES To clarify the associations between psychosocial work stressors and mental ill health, a meta-analysis of psychosocial work stressors and common mental disorders was undertaken using longitudinal studies identified through a systematic literature review. METHODS The review used a standardized search strategy and strict inclusion and quality criteria in seven databases in 1994-2005....

Psychosocial work environment and antidepressant medication: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND Adverse psychosocial work environments may lead to impaired mental health, but it is still a matter of conjecture if demonstrated associations are causal or biased. We aimed at verifying whether poor psychosocial working climate is related to increase of redeemed subscription of antidepressant medication. METHODS Information on all antidepressant drugs (AD) purchased at pharmacies ...