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Occupational Mental Health—A Neglected Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. E. Mickleburgh
W. E. Mickleburgh*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Day Care Unit, Calvary Hospital, Haydon Drive, Bruce ACT 2617, Australia
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Abstract

There is insufficient information on the prevalence of psychological morbidity in the workplace. The theoretical base of industrial psychiatry is traced here, and examined within a framework of systems analysis, the input being identified in terms of human and social factors. Internal processes of organisation and management produce conditions of practice which determine the health status of the workplace; some statutory protection is necessary to safeguard mental health in industry.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 4 , April 1986 , pp. 426 - 434
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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