OBJECTIVES Days off, on call, night duty, working hours and job stress can affect physicians' mental health, and support from supervisors and co-workers may have a buffering effect. This study elucidates whether job strain and job factors affect physicians' mental health, and whether support from supervisors and co-workers has a protective effect on their mental health. MATERIAL AND METHODS T...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether poverty and unemployment increase the likelihood of or delay recovery from common mental disorders, and whether these associations could be explained by subjective financial strain. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING England, Wales, and Scotland. SUBJECTS 7726 adults aged 16-75 living in private households. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Common mental disorde...

Relations between working conditions and mental health status of female hospital workers were studied in a sample of 1505 women: 43% were nurses, 32% auxiliaries, and 7% ancillary staff; 13% were other qualified health care staff, mainly head nurses; 5% had occupations other than direct health care; 63% worked on the morning, 20% on the afternoon, and 17% on the night shift. Data were collected...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Data on caregiver strain and depression of principal caregivers of patients with mental illnesses are few in developing countries. Findings from developed countries cannot be applied directly to developing countries as culture specific factors may influence the outcome. METHODS A prospective study was carried out in the University Psychiatry Unit of the National Hos...

For mental health professionals to provide personalized early interventions, young people need to disclose sensitive information to a clinician they are unlikely to have yet formed a relationship with. We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 129 young people aged 12-25 years from several sites across Australia to gauge views on whether young people thought that an electronic psychosoc...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether perceived job stress affects mental health in occupational settings. METHODS A 2 year cohort study was conducted. Initially, a survey including the general health questionnaire (GHQ) and a questionnaire about perceived job stress was carried out. Of 462 workers who initially showed a GHQ score of < or = 7,310 were successfully followed up for 2 years. The 2 yea...

BACKGROUND high job strain increases the risk of health decline, but little is known about the specific consequences and long-term effects of job strain on old age health. OBJECTIVES purpose was to investigate whether physical and mental job strain in midlife was associated with hospital care use in old age. METHODS study population included 5,625 Finnish public sector employees aged 44-58 ...