Exploring the service and knowledge gap between rehabilitation professionals and employers in the return-to-work process of people with mental health problems in Sweden.

BACKGROUND: Research is needed on how to optimize the return-to-work process for persons with mental health problems. OBJECTIVE: To develop a model that explains how employer and rehabilitation professional mental health literacy may influence strategies used in the return-to-work of persons with me...

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Published in:Work Vol. 64; no. 3; pp. 495 - 507
Main Authors: Lexén, Annika, Emmelin, Maria, Hansson, Lars, Bejerholm, Ulrika
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 2019
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          Lexén, Annika
          Emmelin, Maria
          Hansson, Lars
          Bejerholm, Ulrika
        affil: Lund University, Department of Health Sciences/Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, Lund, Sweden
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          Mental Disorders Rehabilitation
          Psychiatric Patients
          Job Re-Entry
          Rehabilitation, Vocational Methods
          Allied Health Personnel Psychosocial Factors
          Professional Knowledge Evaluation
          Attitude of Health Personnel Evaluation
          Human
          Sweden
          Funding Source
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Grounded Theory
          Interviews
          Models, Theoretical
          Employer-Employee Relations
          Support, Psychosocial
          Health Knowledge
          Conceptual Framework
          Interview Guides
          Employee Assistance Programs
          Employment, Supported
          Work Capacity Evaluation
          Job Accommodation
          Mental Disorders Prevention and Control
          Occupational Health
          Descriptive Statistics
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: BACKGROUND: Research is needed on how to optimize the return-to-work process for persons with mental health problems. OBJECTIVE: To develop a model that explains how employer and rehabilitation professional mental health literacy may influence strategies used in the return-to-work of persons with mental health problems. METHODS: A grounded theory study design was used to collect and analyse interview data from 23 employers and 22 rehabilitation professionals. RESULTS: The analysis resulted in four categories, illustrated in a conceptual process model: 1) seeing mental health problems through past experiences; 2) separating understandable and incomprehensible mental health problems; 3) balancing safeguarding one's personal interest with providing adequate support; and 4) facing conflicts and uncertainty in employee/service user return-to-work. A positional map of employer/rehabilitation types was created based on level of negative attitudes and uncertainty in supporting employees/service users and the employer in relation to the level of comprehensive understanding of mental health problems. CONCLUSIONS: Professional mental health literacy needs to be increased. Interventions need to be developed that provide employers with targeted support and knowledge in mental health literacy. Education on how to prevent and detect common mental health problems in the workplace is needed.
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