Workplace mental health: Developing an integrated intervention approach

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  LaMontagne, Anthony D ^a,b   Martin, Angela ^c   Page, Kathryn M ^a,b   Reavley, Nicola J ^b   Noblet, Andrew J ^d   Milner, Allison J ^a   Keegel, Tessa ^e,f   Smith, Peter M ^f,g,h  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTOR; STRENGTH; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION;

HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84900874500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-131     Document Type: Article

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