[Multidisciplinary consultation "Suffering at work": an experience in western Switzerland]

Rev Med Suisse. 2016 Feb 3;12(504):276-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Mental health problems at work constitute a challenge in the clinical feld, as well in the professional, the economic and the public health perspective. The total costs they generate in Switzerland are equivalent to 3.2% of the Swiss gross domestic product and they very often lead to dismissal. The vast majority of people are treated by their primary care physician. The Institute for Work and Health features a specialized consultation on the topic of suffering at work, offering the primary care physicians a pluridisciplinary advice or support, in a collaborative care prospect. Its action, adapted to each situation's needs, goes from an advice to a referral to specialists that can strengthen the network on a long-term basis (mental health follow-up, supported employment program, legal or social advice).

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Cost of Illness*
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication*
  • Mental Disorders / economics
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology
  • Mental Disorders / therapy*
  • Physicians, Primary Care / organization & administration
  • Public Health
  • Switzerland / epidemiology