Low mood and employment: When affective disorders are intertwined with the workplaceA UK perspective

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-182

  Lauber, Christoph ^a   Bowen, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMPLOYMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOOD DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77952799920     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261003716405     Document Type: Review

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