The validity and reliability of diagnoses of work-related mental ill-health

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 726-731

  O'Neill, Elizabeth ^a   McNamee, R ^b   Agius, R ^b   Gittins, M ^b   Hussey, L ^b   Turner, S ^b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 55349101651     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.039008     Document Type: Article

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