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ReviewBritish medical bulletin2025

The role of healthcare providers in sustainable return-to-work for individuals with common mental disorders.

Zoe Can, Cristian A Vasquez, Susan E Peters, Jeremy F Dawson

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Review in British medical bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zoe CanSheffield University Management School, The University of Sheffield, Conduit Road, Sheffield S10 1FL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0008-9512-2655
Cristian A VasquezSheffield University Management School, The University of Sheffield, Conduit Road, Sheffield S10 1FL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-8144-0854
Susan E PetersDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2705-643X
Jeremy F DawsonSheffield University Management School, The University of Sheffield, Conduit Road, Sheffield S10 1FL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9365-8586

Funding

NIOSH CDC HHS U19 OH008861University of Sheffield
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany individuals with common mental disorders (CMDs) face challenges after returning to work following sickness absence. Healthcare providers and healthcare systems are well-placed to provide returnees with support which can facilitate sustainable return-to-work. SOURCES OF DATA: This narrative review has integrated data and literature from journal articles, reports, book chapters, and official NHS and UK statistics bodies. AREAS OF AGREEMENT: Individual healthcare providers and healthcare systems can take various actions to support sustainable return-to-work for individuals with CMDs. These include utilizing shared decision-making, maintaining communication with other stakeholders, and delivering suitable interventions. Healthcare leadership systems should prioritize improving relevant provider knowledge and skills as many lack confidence managing cases involving return-to-work. AREAS OF CONTROVERSY: Healthcare providers face uncertainty about which supportive actions fall within their scope of practice.Growing points: Research interest in sustainable return-to-work appears to have grown in recent years. AREAS TIMELY FOR DEVELOPING RESEARCH: Future research should seek to clarify the definition of sustainable return-to-work and examine how resources across system levels can support sustainable return-to-work.

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Health PersonnelMental DisordersProfessional RoleReturn to WorkSecondary PreventionDecision Making, SharedHumansSick LeaveStakeholder Participationhealthcaremental healthorganizational psychologysustainable return-to-work

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PMID41092064
PMCPMC12526974

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