Mental health and absence from work: New evidence from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey. Almond, S. & Healey, A. Work, Employment and Society, 17(4):731--742, 2003. doi abstract bibtex This article discusses the relation between the mental health and absence from work according to the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey. Here the contribution of longstanding mental health problems to the incidence of sickness absence during a typical working week in the United Kingdom work force is estimated empirically. Adult mental health problems cover a wide range of conditions that vary both in terms of their characteristic symptoms and the degree of disability imposed. Depression and anxiety, the most commonly occurring forms of mental health problem, can be effectively managed either with drug treatments or psychological therapies. The alleviation and prevention of the symptoms and impairments in social functioning associated with these types of disorder could, in principle, contribute to the lowering of the rate of sickness absence in the UK workforce. General practitioners and NHS mental health services are the main providers of treatment for mental health problems in the UK, though the general uptake of treatment is low. It is estimated that only one quarter of those individuals identified as having a clinically diagnosable neurotic disorder (including anxiety and depression) receive any kind of treatment for their mental or emotional problems.
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volume = {17},
copyright = {(c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved},
issn = {1469-8722(Electronic);0950-0170(Print)},
shorttitle = {Mental health and absence from work},
doi = {10.1177/0950017003174007},
abstract = {This article discusses the relation between the mental health and absence from work according to the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey. Here the contribution of longstanding mental health problems to the incidence of sickness absence during a typical working week in the United Kingdom work force is estimated empirically. Adult mental health problems cover a wide range of conditions that vary both in terms of their characteristic symptoms and the degree of disability imposed. Depression and anxiety, the most commonly occurring forms of mental health problem, can be effectively managed either with drug treatments or psychological therapies. The alleviation and prevention of the symptoms and impairments in social functioning associated with these types of disorder could, in principle, contribute to the lowering of the rate of sickness absence in the UK workforce. General practitioners and NHS mental health services are the main providers of treatment for mental health problems in the UK, though the general uptake of treatment is low. It is estimated that only one quarter of those individuals identified as having a clinically diagnosable neurotic disorder (including anxiety and depression) receive any kind of treatment for their mental or emotional problems.},
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journal = {Work, Employment and Society},
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keywords = {*Employee Absenteeism, *Mental Disorders, *Mental Health, *Organizational Climate, *Quality of Work Life, Primary Mental Health Prevention},
pages = {731--742}
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