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  • Occupational Health
  • Rehabilitation Medicine

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  • Mental illnesses represent a significant global health burden, frequently leading to work disability and substantial economic costs.
  • Successful return to work after sick leave for mental illness is crucial for patient prognosis and mitigating financial impacts.
  • Reintegrating individuals with mental health conditions into the workplace is a complex, multi-stakeholder challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive overview of existing return-to-work interventions for individuals with mental illnesses based on international literature.
  • To assess the current landscape and effectiveness of strategies aimed at facilitating workforce reintegration for this population.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review of international literature on return-to-work interventions for mental illness.
  • Analysis of intervention themes, including psychotherapeutic support and work-directed approaches.
  • Examination of the role of interpersonal contact among employees, healthcare staff, and supervisors.

Main Results:

  • Common interventions involve psychotherapeutic support, sometimes combined with work-focused strategies.
  • Personal contact between employees, mental health professionals, and supervisors appears beneficial for facilitating return to work.
  • Existing interventions are often elaborate, resource-intensive, and have not demonstrated convincing improvements in work-related outcomes.

Conclusions:

  • Current return-to-work interventions for mental illness face challenges including heterogeneity of outcomes, poorly defined interventions, and inherent complexities.
  • The effectiveness of current strategies is limited, suggesting a need for refinement and innovation in supporting employees' return to work.
  • Further research is needed to develop and evaluate more effective, cost-efficient interventions for mental health-related work disability.