Mental health as a reason for claiming incapacity benefit—a comparison of national and local trends
Author(s) -
Judith Brown,
Phil Hanlon,
Ivan Turok,
David Webster,
James Arnott,
Ewan B Macdonald
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdn098
Subject(s) - mental health , psychological intervention , work (physics) , psychology , political science , psychiatry , medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
Getting incapacity benefit (IB) claimants into work has become a focus for policy makers. Strategies to help this group depend on an understanding of the reasons for claiming benefit at a local level where variations from a national strategy may be needed.
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