Impact of common mental disorders on sickness absence in an occupational cohort study.

Occup Environ Med 68(6):408-13 (2011) PMID 21075767

Common mental disorders are associated with impaired functioning and sickness absence. We examine whether sub-clinical as well as clinical psychiatric morbidity predict long spells of sickness absence for both psychiatric and non-psychiatric illness. We also examine whether recent common mental disorders and those present on two occasions have a stronger association with sickness absence than less recent and single episodes of disorder.