Providing employees with access to an employee assistance programme (EAP) can help tackle depression and the associated impairment to workplace...
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Increasing numbers of doctors are seeking help from dedicated mental health support services – and 59% of them score above...
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Contrary to previous research, shift workers take less paid sickness absence than day workers, according to a Canadian analysis of...
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A systematic literature review has provided more evidence of the beneficial impact of work for health, particularly for depression and...
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A systematic literature review has found “strong and consistent” evidence to support a causal link between different occupational exposures and...
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Much of Europe and the US faces a conundrum, the authors of a recent study suggest: an increasing proportion of...
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Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been the greatest threat to UK military personnel in Afghanistan, yet a survey-based study has...
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Workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) have significantly lower physical and mental quality of life scores than the general population,...
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Office workers who sit for a large proportion of their working day also report sitting for longer periods outside work,...
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Possessing strong self-esteem and general self-efficacy can act as a buffer against the negative effects of excessive job demands, according...
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Low job control is significantly associated with greater spinal disk shrinkage during the course of a working day, according to...
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Women who live in a neighbourhood whose residents are similar, in terms of their expectations about work and family life,...
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Using simple respiratory protective equipment at first exposure to laboratory animals may help reduce the development of sensitisation later in...
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Workers with cystic fibrosis (CF) report that the condition affects their ability to work, but that employment is strongly associated...
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While the cost effectiveness of some health interventions may take decades to emerge – for example, measures to tackle obesity...