Perceptions of the impact of depression and anxiety and the medication for these conditions on safety in the workplace

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 538-545

  Haslam, C ^a   Atkinson, S ^b   Brown, S ^b   Haslam, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CITALOPRAM; CYCLOPENTHIAZIDE PLUS OXPRENOLOL; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; DOSULEPIN; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUPENTIXOL; FLUVOXAMINE MALEATE; IMIPRAMINE; LI LIQUID; LITHIUM CARBONATE; LITHIUM CITRATE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; OXPRENOLOL; PAROXETINE; PINDOLOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM; TRIPTAFEN; TRIPTAFEN M; VENLAFAXINE; VISKALDIX;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERCEPTION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 23044436317     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.016196     Document Type: Article

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