| Document ID (ISN) | 102711 |
| CIS number |
03-1993 |
| ISBN(s) |
0-7176-2777-2 |
| Year |
2003 |
| Convention or series no. |
HSE Research Report RR 168
|
| Author(s) |
Stansfeld A.S., Head J., Rasul F., Singleton N., Lee A.
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Occupation and mental health: Secondary analyses of the ONS Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of Great Britain |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2003. xvi, 123p. Bibl.ref. Price: GBP 20.00. |
| Internet access |
http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr168.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
This report presents the results of a survey among adults living in the United Kingdom on possible links between occupation and psychological morbidity. Among the over 12,000 households identified in a random sample, 69.5% agreed to participate in an interview. Occupations, expressed by Standard Occupational Classification codes, were linked to common mental disorders, self reported sickness absence data, illicit drug use, psychotropic drug use and use of health services. Higher levels of psychosocial disorders were found among clerical and secretarial, sales, security and service occupations, while lower levels were found among craft and related occupations, plant and machine operators, and managers and administrators. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupation disease relation; mental disorders; risk factors; mental health; psychology and sociology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
professional status; classification; subjective assessment; drug dependence; United Kingdom; report; sickness absenteeism; office work; survey; cross-sectional study; health care personnel; service and sales workers; craft and related trades workers; operators and assemblers; narcotics |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mental health
Psychological factors
Alcohol and drug abuse
|
