ArticleJournal of occupational rehabilitation2014
Employee decision-making about disclosure of a mental disorder at work.
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- Disclosure of Mental Health Problems or Suicidality at Work: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- In What Ways Does Health Related Stigma Affect Sustainable Employment and Well-Being at Work? A Systematic Review.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of the evidence relating to disclosure of psychological distress by mental health professionals within the workplace.Journal of clinical psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Supported Decision-Making: Implications from Positive Psychology for Assessment and Intervention in Rehabilitation and Employment.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2017Pooled it
- Disclosure of mental illness towards employers during the return to work process after psychiatric hospitalization.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Mental Healthcare Professionals' Own Mental Health Disclosure to their Supervisor: Investigating Barriers and Facilitators, Experiences, and Needs.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- What Fosters Leaders' Health Role Modeling? Communication and Remote Work as Boundary Conditions.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Disclosure Impact of Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: A Scoping Review and a Thematic Analysis.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Workplace Outcomes After Mental Health Disclosure: The Critical Influence of Supervisor Reactions.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- When Employee Mental Health Deteriorates: Examining the Relationship Between Health-Oriented Leadership, Disclosure, and Sickness Absence.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Disclosure Decisions of Workers Living with a Chronic Health Condition Causing Disability at Work: Are Decisions to Disclose to Co-workers and Supervisors Different?Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effects of a brief health education video on employees' mental health help-seeking in small and medium-sized enterprises: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Effects of Interventions to Improve Help-Seeking Related to Mental Health Among Workers: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Ethical challenges from a problem-solving intervention with workplace involvement: a qualitative study among employees with common mental disorders, first-line managers, and rehabilitation coordinators.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Improving Work Participation Outcomes Among Unemployed People with Mental Health Issues/Mental Illness: Feasibility of a Stigma Awareness Intervention.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Help! I Need Somebody: Help-Seeking Among Workers with Self-Reported Work-Related Mental Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Adaptation and implementation of an employee mental health disclosure decision aid tool in a real-world sample.Translational behavioral medicine · 2024Article
- Workplace Mental Health Disclosure, Sustainable Employability and Well-Being at Work: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Military Personnel with Mental Illness.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Workers' Perspectives on Workplace Disclosure of Serious Mental Illness and Their Employers' Responses.Qualitative health research · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeFear of stigma may lead employees to choose not to disclose a mental disorder in the workplace, thereby limiting help-seeking through workplace accommodation. Research suggests that various factors are considered in making decisions related to disclosure of concealable stigmatizing attributes, yet limited literature explores such decision-making in the context of mental disorder and work. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to develop a model of disclosure specific to mental health issues in a work context.
methodsIn-depth interviews were conducted with 13 employees of a post-secondary educational institution in Canada. Data were analyzed according to grounded theory methods through processes of open, selective, and theoretical coding.
resultsFindings indicated that employees begin from a default position of nondisclosure that is attributable to fear of being stigmatized in the workplace as a result of the mental disorder. In order to move from the default position, employees need a reason to disclose. The decision-making process itself is a risk-benefit analysis, during which employees weigh risks and benefits within the existing context as they assess it. The model identifies that fear of stigmatization is one of the problems with disclosure at work and describes the disclosure decision-making process.
conclusionsUnderstanding of how employees make decisions about disclosure in the workplace may inform organizational policies, practices, and programs to improve the experiences of individuals diagnosed with a mental disorder at work. The findings suggest possible intervention strategies in education, policy, and culture for reducing stigma of mental disorders in the workplace.
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