ArticlePloS one2017
Improving Access to Mental Health Care by Delivering Psychotherapeutic Care in the Workplace: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Trial.
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- Changes in perceived psychosocial working conditions after psychotherapeutic consultation at work - exploratory post-hoc analyses from a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- The impact of psychosocial safety climate on the intervention effect of psychotherapeutic consultation at work in Germany - secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Psychotherapeutic Consultation at Work Compared to Care as Usual for Employees with Common Mental Disorders or Subthreshold Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial in Germany.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2025Article
- Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes?Psychologica Belgica · 2025Article
- [Rationale, models, and impact of workplace-based psychotherapeutic services].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Review
- [Psychotherapeutic consultation at work: associations between company size and psychosomatic health].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Article
- Determinants of the intention to seek psychotherapeutic consultation at work - a cross-sectional study in Germany.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Employees' preferences on organisational aspects of psychotherapeutic consultation at work by occupational area, company size, requirement levels and supervisor function - a cross-sectional study in Germany.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Conceptual Framework of a Psychotherapeutic Consultation in the Workplace: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Psychotherapeutic Consultation Services in the Workplace: A Longitudinal Analysis of Treatments and Sick Leave Using Health Insurance Data.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Early intervention, treatment and rehabilitation of employees with common mental disorders by using psychotherapeutic consultation at work: study protocol of a randomised controlled multicentre trial (friaa project).BMC public health · 2021Article
- Masculinity and Help-Seeking Among Men With Depression: A Qualitative Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of a Brief Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Employees With Psychosomatic and Psychosocial Complaints-Pilot Study of a Consultation Off the Workplace.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Who Should Play a Key Role in Preventing Common Mental Disorders that Affect Employees in the Workplace? Results of a Survey with Occupational Health Physicians, Primary Care Physicians, Psychotherapists, and Human Resource Managers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Prevention of Common Mental Disorders in Employees. Perspectives on Collaboration from Three Health Care Professions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Do Working Conditions of Patients in Psychotherapeutic Consultation in the Workplace Differ from Those in Outpatient Care? Results from an Observational Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Observational
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- Aging and Work Ability: The Moderating Role of Job and Personal Resources.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveCommon mental disorders like mood and anxiety disorders and somatoform disorders have high costs, yet under-treatment is still frequent. Many people with common mental disorders are employed, so the workplace is potentially a suitable context in which to provide early treatment. Our study investigates whether a change of setting (workplace versus standard care) improves access to treatment for common mental disorders.
methodsConditional latent profile analysis was applied to identify user profiles for work ability (WAI), clinical symptoms like depression (patient health questionnaire depression, PHQ-9), health-related quality of life (QoL, SF-12), and work-related stress (Maslach Burnout Inventory, irritation scale). Patients were recruited consecutively, via psychotherapeutic consultation in the workplace (n = 174) or psychotherapeutic consultation in outpatient care (n = 193).
resultsWe identified four user profiles in our model: 'severe' (n = 99), 'moderate I-low QoL' (n = 88), 'moderate II-low work ability' (n = 83), and 'at risk' (n = 97). The 'at risk' profile encompassed individuals with reduced work ability (36.0, 34.73 to 37.37), only mild clinical symptoms (PHQ-9 5.7, 4.92 to 6.53), no signs of work-related stress and good quality of life. A higher proportion of the 'at risk' group than of the 'severe' group sought help via the psychotherapeutic consultation in the workplace (OR 0.287, P < 0.01); this effect remained after controlling for gender.
conclusionsOffering secondary mental health care in the workplace is feasible and accepted by users. Offering treatment in the workplace as an alternative to standard outpatient settings is a viable strategy for improving access to treatment for common mental disorders.
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