The association between type and number of adverse working conditions and mental health during a time of economic crisis (2010–2012)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 899-907

  ten Have, Margreet ^a   van Dorsselaer, Saskia ^a   de Graaf, Ron ^a  

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

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Job stress; Mental disorders; Population survey; Work psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929842740     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-015-1009-2     Document Type: Article

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