Return to work among employees with common mental disorders: Study design and baseline findings from a mixed-method follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 864-872

  Nielsen, Maj Britt D ^a   Bültmann, Ute ^b   Amby, Malene ^c   Christensen, Ulla ^d   Diderichsen, Finn ^d   Rugulies, Reiner ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Danish Association of Managers and Executives   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; depression; return to work; sickness absence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650423945     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810384424     Document Type: Article

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