Abstract

[...]the execution of policies is variable and often suboptimal. [...]low- and middle-income countries where one has the largest population in working age groups, continue to lag behind in conducting or identifying suitable interventions, and often do not have adequate policies in place to prevent discrimination against employees with mental disorders [7]. [...]organizations need to have guidelines about working hours based on good industrial practices and take measures to enforce these routinely. While extant research has tended to focus on alleviation of symptoms and risk factors associated with workplace-related mental disorders, less emphasis has been placed on gathering evidence on how mental disorders affect performance and absenteeism and how interventions have resulted in improvement of work performance and absenteeism[3]. [...]more research is needed to gather evidence on the cost-effectiveness of interventions and the cost of mental disorder-related loss of productivity on the larger community. [...]any additional budgetary allocations or training required to implement the policies, need to be made available.

Details

Title
Workplace stress: A neglected aspect of mental health wellbeing
Author
Maulik, Pallab 1 

 Deputy Director and Head of Research, The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi 110 025 
Pages
441-444
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Oct 2017
Publisher
Scientific Scholar
ISSN
0971-5916
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2258211104
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.