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Monica Bertilsson1, Stephanie Klinkhammer, Carin Staland-Nyman
1School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden (Dr Bertilsson, Dr Staland-Nyman); Department of Social Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands (Ms Klinkhammer, Dr de Rijk).
Objective:
To explore how managers find out about common mental disorders (CMDs) among employees and associations with managers' work- and knowledge-related characteristics and attitude to CMDs.
Methods:
Data from an online survey in 2017 with Swedish managers (n = 1810) were used. Different ways managers find out about CMDs were measured, and multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted for associations with manager characteristics.
Results:
Few managers found out about CMDs themselves; another source was more common, for example, employees' self-disclosure. Managers' overseeing fewer subordinates and those with a negative attitude to depression were more likely to find out about CMDs themselves. The significance of mental health training and education could not be established.
Conclusion:
Managers' awareness about employees' CMDs mainly came about through employees' self-disclosure. Managers' attitudes and work conditions were related to the way of finding out.
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