Does retirement reduce the risk of mental disorders? A national registry-linkage study of treatment for mental disorders before and after retirement of 245 082 Danish residents

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 366-372

  Olesen, Kasper ^a   Rod, Naja Hulvej ^b   Madsen, Ida E H ^c   Bonde, Jens Peter ^a   Rugulies, Reiner ^b,c  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETIREMENT; RISK;

EID: 84928156589     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102228     Document Type: Article

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