Are reports of psychological stress higher in occupational studies? A systematic review across occupational and population based studies

L Goodwin, I Ben-Zion, NT Fear, M Hotopf… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objectives The general health questionnaire (GHQ) is commonly used to assess symptoms
of common mental disorder (CMD). Prevalence estimates for CMD caseness from UK …

Are common mental disorders more prevalent in the UK serving military compared to the general working population?

L Goodwin, S Wessely, M Hotopf, M Jones… - Psychological …, 2015 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAlthough the military is considered to be a stressful occupation, there are
remarkably few studies that compare the prevalence of common mental disorder (CMD) …

The contribution of work and non-work stressors to common mental disorders in the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

C Clark, C Pike, S McManus, J Harris… - Psychological …, 2012 - cambridge.org
BackgroundEvidence for an effect of work stressors on common mental disorders (CMD) has
increased over the past decade. However, studies have not considered whether the effects …

Occupation and mental health in a national UK survey

SA Stansfeld, FR Rasul, J Head, N Singleton - Social psychiatry and …, 2011 - Springer
Objectives To measure the prevalence of common mental disorder (CMD) by occupation in
a representative sample of Great Britain and to identify occupations with increased and …

Work-related mental ill-health and 'stress' in the UK (2002–05)

M Carder, S Turner, R McNamee… - Occupational …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background There is concern about the frequency of work-related mental ill-health and
'stress' within the UK. Aims To provide a measure of the incidence of work-related mental ill …

Occupations, work characteristics and common mental disorder

SA Stansfeld, C Pike, S McManus, J Harris… - Psychological …, 2013 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThe present study aimed to assess the prevalence of common mental disorders
(CMDs) by occupation in a representative sample of the English adult population. Another …

Reported incidence and precipitating factors of work-related stress and mental ill-health in the United Kingdom (1996–2001)

NM Cherry, Y Chen, JC McDonald - Occupational medicine, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background Work-related mental ill-health appears to be increasing. Population-based data
on incidence are scarce but in the United Kingdom occupational physicians and …

[HTML][HTML] Psychosocial occupational exposures and mental illness: a systematic review with meta-analyses

A Seidler, M Schubert, A Freiberg… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the exposure-risk relationship
between psychosocial occupational stress and mental illness. Methods We conducted a …

Mental disorders and their association with perceived work stress: an investigation of the 2010 Canadian Community Health Survey.

ACH Szeto, KS Dobson - Journal of Occupational Health …, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
The economic repercussions of mental disorders in the workplace are vast. Research has
found that individuals in high-stress jobs tend to have higher prevalence of mental disorders …

Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data

IEH Madsen, ST Nyberg, LLM Hanson… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAdverse psychosocial working environments characterized by job strain (the
combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk …