Grant: Operating Grant

Mental disorders are prevalent in the labor force. With the fast changes in the world economy and in industrial reorganization in the past years, employees have been facing mounting pressure to be more competitive. Such changes are generating job insecurities for workers and demanding more cerebral skills and mental performance. These work environmental factors may precipitate the onset of mental disorders and lead to significant impacts on productivity. The proposed study will follow a cohort of employees randomly selected across Alberta to investigate how changes in work environment affect the risk of mental disorders, to develop and validate a mental health risk appraisal tool for workplaces and to examine how the use of workplace mental health accommodations affect employees' occupational functioning and mental health outcomes.