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Workplace mental health: developing an integrated intervention approach
Citation
LaMontagne, AD and Martin, A and Page, KM and Reavley, N and Noblet, AJ and Milner, AJ and Keegal, T and Smith, PM, Workplace mental health: developing an integrated intervention approach, BMC psychiatry, 14 Article 131. ISSN 1471-244X (2014) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2014 The Authors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
DOI: doi:10.1186/1471-244X-14-131
Abstract
Background
Mental health problems are prevalent and costly in working populations. Workplace interventions to address common mental health problems have evolved relatively independently along three main threads or disciplinary traditions: medicine, public health, and psychology. In this Debate piece, we argue that these three threads need to be integrated to optimise the prevention of mental health problems in working populations.
Discussion
To realise the greatest population mental health benefits, workplace mental health intervention needs to comprehensively 1) protect mental health by reducing work-related risk factors for mental health problems; 2) promote mental health by developing the positive aspects of work as well as worker strengths and positive capacities; and 3) address mental health problems among working people regardless of cause. We outline the evidence supporting such an integrated intervention approach and consider the research agenda and policy developments needed to move towards this goal, and propose the notion of integrated workplace mental health literacy.
Summary
An integrated approach to workplace mental health combines the strengths of medicine, public health, and psychology, and has the potential to optimise both the prevention and management of mental health problems in the workplace
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Mental health services |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
| Objective Field: | Behaviour and health |
| UTAS Author: | Martin, A (Professor Angela Martin) |
| ID Code: | 91316 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 127 |
| Deposited By: | TSBE |
| Deposited On: | 2014-05-13 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-03 |
| Downloads: | 323 View Download Statistics |
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