Collaborative care for major depressive disorder in an occupational healthcare setting

Collaborative care for major depressive disorder in an occupational healthcare setting.

Randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of collaborative care in a Dutch occupational healthcare setting: 126 workers on sick leave with major depressive disorder were randomised to usual care (n = 61) or collaborative care (n = 65). After 3 months, collaborative care was more effective on the primary outcome measure of treatment response (i.e. reduction in symptoms of ≥50%) o...

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Collaborative care for sick-listed workers with major depressive disorder: a randomised controlled trial from the Netherlands Depression Initiative aimed at return to work and depressive symptoms.

OBJECTIVES Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with absenteeism. In this study, the effectiveness of collaborative care, with a focus on return to work (RTW), was evaluated in its effect on depressive symptoms and the duration until RTW in sick-listed workers with MDD in the occupational health setting. METHODS In this randomised controlled trial, 126 sick-listed workers with MDD we...

Multidisciplinary Collaborative Care for Depressive Disorder in the Occupational Health Setting: design of a randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness study

BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) has major consequences for both patients and society, particularly in terms of needlessly long sick leave and reduced functioning. Although evidence-based treatments for MDD are available, they show disappointing results when implemented in daily practice. A focus on work is also lacking in the treatment of depressive disorder as well as communication ...

Randomised trials on return-to-work programmes for major depressive disorder.

To cite: Taimela S. Occup Environ Med 2013;70: 521–522. In many industrialised countries, the high prevalence and/or increasing trends in disability and work loss due to depressive disorders are worrying. For example, in Finland almost one in every three new work disability benefit recipients is disabled for work because of mental health problems. A common disorder such as depression, with a li...