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Mental health and absence from work: new evidence from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey
- Authors:
- ALMOND Stephen, HEALY Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Work Employment and Society, 17(4), December 2003, pp.731-742.
- Publisher:
- Sage
In this article the authors seek to estimate empirically the contribution of longstanding mental health problems to the incidence of sickness absence during a typical working week in the United Kingdom work-force. Adult mental health problems cover a wide range of conditions that vary both in terms of their characteristic symptoms and the degree of disability imposed. A recently conducted psychiatric morbidity survey (ONS, 2000) estimated that around one in six adults living in private households in Britain currently suffer from a clinically recognizable neurotic disorder (including anxiety-related disorders and depression). Around one in every 100 adults are estimated to suffer from schizophrenia, an illness that, while less common, can be both severely and chronically disabling for those affected.