ArticleWork (Reading, Mass.)2020
Work-focused therapy for common mental disorders: A naturalistic study comparing an intervention group with a waitlist control group.
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- Associations between Psychosocial Working Conditions and Work-Specific Self-Efficacy Beliefs Among Employees Receiving Psychotherapeutic Consultation at Work.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Outcomes of an interdisciplinary return to work intervention including occupational therapy for mood and adjustment disorders: A single-arm clinical trial.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2023Trial
- Healthy Minds: Group Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Sustainable Return to Work After a Sick Leave Due to Depression.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Beliefs About Working with Health Problems and Support at Work as Predictors of Sick Leave at Post-treatment and at Follow-Up: Secondary Analyses of a Randomised Controlled Trial with Registry Data.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Negative Beliefs About Working with Health Problems and Support at Work as Predictors for Return to Work for People Struggling with Common Mental Disorders.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2025Observational
- Metacognitive therapy and work-focus for patients with depression, anxiety or comorbid depression and anxiety on sick leave: a single-centre, open-label randomised controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Work-focused therapy in an internet-based CBT format - A mixed methods feasibility study.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Changes in memory and attention during and after occupational rehabilitation: A longitudinal study.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Responsiveness to change in health status of the EQ-5D in patients treated for depression and anxiety.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2023Observational
- Work after mental-health-related absence: a qualitative study of perceived change after a combination of metacognitive therapy and work-focused interventions.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Healing the wounds of workplace bullying: Evaluating mental health and workplace participation among victims seeking treatment for common mental disorders.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2022Article
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- The Return-to-Work Self-efficacy Questionnaire (RTW-SE): A Validation Study of Predictive Abilities and Cut-off Values for Patients on Sick Leave Due to Anxiety or Depression.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Self-Reported Health in Patients on or at Risk of Sick Leave Due to Depression and Anxiety: Validity of the EQ-5D.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Metacognitive Therapy for Work-Related Stress: A Feasibility Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Clinical Characteristics of Patients Seeking Treatment for Common Mental Disorders Presenting With Workplace Bullying Experiences.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundCommon mental disorders (CMD) are leading causes of sickness absence. Treatments for CMD that both reduce symptoms and support work participation urgently need to be developed.
objectiveDetermine the potential effects of work-focused therapy combining work interventions with either meta cognitive therapy or cognitive behavioural therapy (W-MCT/CBT) for patients with CMD on sick leave.
methodsNaturalistic study with a quasi-experimental approach. Pre- and post-scores (return to work, symptoms, return-to-work self-efficacy, clinical recovery from depression and anxiety) were compared between the intervention group (n = 87) who received immediate treatment over an average of 10.40 sessions (SD = 3.09) and the non-randomized waitlist control group (n = 95) that had waited an average of 11.18 weeks (SD = 2.29).
resultsSignificantly more patients returned fully to work in the intervention group (41.4%) than the control group (26.3%). Effect sizes for self-efficacy scores, depression and anxiety were large in the intervention group (d = 1.28, 1.01, 1.58), and significantly lower in the control group (d = 0.60, 0.14, 0.45). Significantly more patients in the treatment group than control group recovered from depression (54.1% vs. 12.8%) and anxiety (50.0% vs.10.6%).
conclusionsW-MCT/CBT may be an effective intervention for patients on sick leave due to CMD.
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