Common Mental Disorders in the Workforce: Recent Findings From Descriptive and Social Epidemiology

From: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: Andrews, Gavin; Sanderson, Kristy | Copyright information

Objective: To review the recent descriptive and social epidemiology of common mental disorders in the workplace, including prevalence, participation, work disability, and impact of quality of work, as well as to discuss the implications for identifying targets for clinical and preventive interventions.

Method: We conducted a structured review of epidemiologic studies in community settings (that is, in the general population or in workplaces). Evidence was restricted to the peer-reviewe...

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