Depressive and anxiety disorders on-the-job: The importance of job characteristics for good work functioning in persons with depressive and anxiety disorders

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 382-388

  Plaisier, Inger ^a   de Graaf, Ron ^b   de Bruijn, Jeanne ^c   Smit, Johannes ^d   van Dyck, Richard ^d   Beekman, Aartjan ^d   Penninx, Brenda ^d,e,f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c University of the Netherlands Antilles   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Affective disorders; Occupational status; Psychosocial work characteristics; Work performance

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84872396561     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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