ArticleInternational journal on disability and human development : IJDHD2008
The impact of work environment on mood disorders and suicide: Evidence and implications.
Article in International journal on disability and human development : IJDHD, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Suicide among transport industry workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022Pooled it
- Depression symptoms and risk of sick leave: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Pooled it
- Prognostic factors for return to work of employees with common mental disorders: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2017Pooled it
- Is an insecure job better for health than having no job at all? A systematic review of studies investigating the health-related risks of both job insecurity and unemployment.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review including meta-analysis of work environment and depressive symptoms.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
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- An urgent call to address work-related psychosocial hazards and improve worker well-being.American journal of industrial medicine · 2024Review
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- A survey of Canadian men's mental health in the workplace.Cogent mental health · 2024Article
- Research for association and correlation between stress at workplace and individual mental health.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The impact of job fitness on depressive symptoms in Korean middle-aged and older population: a longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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- Considerations for Optimizing Warfighter Psychological Health with a Research-Based Flavonoid Approach: A Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
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- Lifetime violence and suicidal ideation among young women (18-24 years) in Uganda: Results from a population-based survey.Frontiers in global women's health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to review the evidence estimating an impact of occupational factors on mood disorders and suicide, and the efficacy of interventions. This review is based on literature searches using Medline and Psych INFO from 1966 to 2007 (keywords: work stress, job insecurity, job strain, shift work, violence, occupational health, mood disorders, depression, and suicide). To establish the relationship between occupational variables and mood disorders, we focused on clinically significant disorders rather than depressive symptoms. During the last decade, prospective epidemiological studies have suggested a predictive association between the work environment and mood disorders. Recently, increasing numbers of clinical trials have shown favorable effect size of intervention and suggested preferable return-on-investment results. However, low awareness and social stigma still decrease workers access to treatment. Mental health professionals in conjunction with employers have to devise a creative system to make the quality care being offered more accessible to employees. In addition, further outcome data is needed to evaluate the benefit of managing mood disorders in the workplace, and to foster awareness of positive implications for employees, employers, their families, and the society at large. In addition, the work environment, with its chemical (e.g. chemosensory factors, pollutants), physical (e.g. lighting, noise, temperature, outdoor views and activities), biological (e.g., chronobiological factors, allergens, infectious agents), psychological (e.g. demand-control, effort-reward balance), social (e.g. cohesiveness, support), and organizational (e.g. leadership styles) component should meet minimal standards, and may improve with striving towards the optimum.
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