Understanding illness experiences of employees with common mental health problems

Understanding illness experiences of employees with common mental health disorders.

BACKGROUND Common mental health disorders (CMHDs) are a leading cause of sickness absence. To address this, a Fit for Work Service (FFWS) was introduced in Greater Manchester, UK, in 2010, offering case-managed and multidisciplinary interventions to early-stage sickness absentees experiencing physical health conditions and/or associated psychosocial problems, to enable a speedy return to work. ...

Personal problems associated with mental health and mental illness.

The trend toward the management of an increasing number of psychiatric patients in the community has led to concern over the evaluation of this policy, particularly with regard to the adjustment of such patients within 'the community. In the case of patients admitted to a mental hospital, successful treatment must be measured not only by their early discharge from hospital but also by their sub...

ABC of mental health. Common mental health problems in hospital.

[Employees with mental illness - possibilities and barriers in professional activity].

In Poland patients with psychiatric problems form a large group; in 2010 there were almost 1.5 million people for whom outpatient psychiatric care was provided, whereas approximately 200 thousand ill individuals were treated in 24-h psychiatric wards. Only 17% of the mentally disabled are professionally active. The results of many researches show that despite the detrimental influence of mental...

Mental Health or Mental Illness

re^ reader daring enough to venture beyond the glaring cover will find his a?^s in this concise treatise on Mental Health and Illness. Jhe author feels strongly that: the problem of mental illness and abnormal functioning cannot be solved unless more people, having learned about the problem, will take an active Part instead of leaving the whole situation in the hands of psychiatrists". Later he...