Psychiatric consultation in the world of work.

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• Personal Author:
  Robbins DB
• Description:
  A study of psychiatric intervention in an industrial setting to determine the usefulness of psychiatric consultation has been conducted. The consultation model is a part-time psychiatrist working within the medical department. Employees are self-referred or referred by physicians, nurses, personnel specialists or managers. The retention rate for psychiatric patients exceeded 60% for periods up to 3 years after initial consultation. More than half of these employees were rated as exceeding job requirements or outstanding by their manager. Significantly, 59% of the subgroup of 83 initially rated as unsatisfactory were retained in the business after intervention and were performing satisfactorily at the time of follow-up. This study illustrates the value of in-house psychiatric consultation and highlights the successful employment of psychiatric patients. Opportunities for primary prevention require close collaboration of management, labor, and clinical support systems.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-77-0041 Medical-personnel Mental-disorders NIOSH-Contract Occupational-medicine Psychological-effects Psychological-factors Psychological-stress Workers
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  108-110
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00086200
• Citation:
  Reducing occupational stress: proceedings of a conference May 10-12, 1977, Westchester Division, New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center. McLean A; Black B; Colligan, Michael J., eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-140, 1978 Apr; :108-110
• Editor(s):
  McLean A ; Black B ; Colligan, Michael J.
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:94fe2b89cf3474bed98f26137507cf8682cc34a8918b7882074fe18c44b45a2b0cc2063419889a9b2949b19a5d54a7182f715069c4328867a79c8d7c4a526a93
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178906/cdc_178906_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 341.81 KB ]