Open AccessA Mental Health Care Program and Sickness Absence in a Japanese Manufacturing Plant
Author(s) -
Shimizu Takashi,
Nagashima Shouji,
Mizoue Tetsuya,
Nagata Shoji
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.45.234
Subject(s) - environmental medicine , mental health , medicine , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , public health , psychiatry
, which included psychologicalconsultations at worksites, the actual number of suchconsultations carried out was extremely low. In 1997, theMinistry of Labour found that only 26.5 % of companiesperformed mental health care programs, and that whereprograms did exist, they consisted of sport/recreation(52.6%), interviews during annual health checkups(50.1%), employee education through leaflets (40.1%), andlectures for management (13.2%)