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Supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey

An expert survey was designed to support the development of a workplace-based multi-country intervention tackling depression, anxiety, and mental illness-related stigma in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Academic experts and representatives of SME organisations, specific sector organisat...

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Autores principales: Hogg, Bridget, Moreno-Alcázar, Ana, Tóth, Mónika Ditta, Serbanescu, Ilinca, Aust, Birgit, Leduc, Caleb, Paterson, Charlotte, Tsantilla, Fotini, Abdulla, Kahar, Cerga-Pashoja, Arlinda, Cresswell-Smith, Johanna, Fanaj, Naim, Meksi, Andia, Ni Dhalaigh, Doireann, Reich, Hanna, Ross, Victoria, Sanches, Sarita, Thomson, Katherine, Van Audenhove, Chantal, Pérez, Victor, Arensman, Ella, Purebl, Gyorgy, Amann, Benedikt L.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35867155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01443-3
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author Hogg, Bridget
Moreno-Alcázar, Ana
Tóth, Mónika Ditta
Serbanescu, Ilinca
Aust, Birgit
Leduc, Caleb
Paterson, Charlotte
Tsantilla, Fotini
Abdulla, Kahar
Cerga-Pashoja, Arlinda
Cresswell-Smith, Johanna
Fanaj, Naim
Meksi, Andia
Ni Dhalaigh, Doireann
Reich, Hanna
Ross, Victoria
Sanches, Sarita
Thomson, Katherine
Van Audenhove, Chantal
Pérez, Victor
Arensman, Ella
Purebl, Gyorgy
Amann, Benedikt L.
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Moreno-Alcázar, Ana
Tóth, Mónika Ditta
Serbanescu, Ilinca
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Tsantilla, Fotini
Abdulla, Kahar
Cerga-Pashoja, Arlinda
Cresswell-Smith, Johanna
Fanaj, Naim
Meksi, Andia
Ni Dhalaigh, Doireann
Reich, Hanna
Ross, Victoria
Sanches, Sarita
Thomson, Katherine
Van Audenhove, Chantal
Pérez, Victor
Arensman, Ella
Purebl, Gyorgy
Amann, Benedikt L.
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description An expert survey was designed to support the development of a workplace-based multi-country intervention tackling depression, anxiety, and mental illness-related stigma in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Academic experts and representatives of SME organisations, specific sector organisations, labour or advocacy groups, and occupational health organisations, were contacted across eight European countries and Australia. The survey comprised closed and open text questions to assess expert opinion about interventions for employees with mental health difficulties, interventions supporting their managers, and anti-stigma interventions. The survey was available in six languages. The online platform Qualtrics was used for data collection. Quantitative data was analysed through descriptive statistics and qualitative data was analysed through thematic analysis. Sixty-five of 146 experts responded, representing a 42% response rate. Results showed only 26.2% of experts agreed that employees could speak openly about mental health issues, and 81.5% of experts indicated a large or medium unmet need for support for employees with mental health issues. Psychoeducational materials, face-to-face workshops and interventions based on cognitive behavioural therapy were ranked most likely to be taken up by employees. Experts rated as most useful for managers’ guidelines on how to act if an employee has mental health issues (67.7%). The greatest number of experts indicated workshops of people with lived experience of mental illness (80.0%) and awareness campaigns (78.5%) were most required to tackle stigma. Responses were consistent between experts from different countries and areas of expertise. Experts in this multinational survey assessed that interventions supporting mental health in the workplace and tackling stigma are greatly needed. A multicomponent intervention with a wide range of materials and tools is supported. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00406-022-01443-3.
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spelling pubmed-93050292022-07-22 Supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey Hogg, Bridget Moreno-Alcázar, Ana Tóth, Mónika Ditta Serbanescu, Ilinca Aust, Birgit Leduc, Caleb Paterson, Charlotte Tsantilla, Fotini Abdulla, Kahar Cerga-Pashoja, Arlinda Cresswell-Smith, Johanna Fanaj, Naim Meksi, Andia Ni Dhalaigh, Doireann Reich, Hanna Ross, Victoria Sanches, Sarita Thomson, Katherine Van Audenhove, Chantal Pérez, Victor Arensman, Ella Purebl, Gyorgy Amann, Benedikt L. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci Original Paper An expert survey was designed to support the development of a workplace-based multi-country intervention tackling depression, anxiety, and mental illness-related stigma in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Academic experts and representatives of SME organisations, specific sector organisations, labour or advocacy groups, and occupational health organisations, were contacted across eight European countries and Australia. The survey comprised closed and open text questions to assess expert opinion about interventions for employees with mental health difficulties, interventions supporting their managers, and anti-stigma interventions. The survey was available in six languages. The online platform Qualtrics was used for data collection. Quantitative data was analysed through descriptive statistics and qualitative data was analysed through thematic analysis. Sixty-five of 146 experts responded, representing a 42% response rate. Results showed only 26.2% of experts agreed that employees could speak openly about mental health issues, and 81.5% of experts indicated a large or medium unmet need for support for employees with mental health issues. Psychoeducational materials, face-to-face workshops and interventions based on cognitive behavioural therapy were ranked most likely to be taken up by employees. Experts rated as most useful for managers’ guidelines on how to act if an employee has mental health issues (67.7%). The greatest number of experts indicated workshops of people with lived experience of mental illness (80.0%) and awareness campaigns (78.5%) were most required to tackle stigma. Responses were consistent between experts from different countries and areas of expertise. Experts in this multinational survey assessed that interventions supporting mental health in the workplace and tackling stigma are greatly needed. A multicomponent intervention with a wide range of materials and tools is supported. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00406-022-01443-3. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-07-22 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9305029/ /pubmed/35867155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01443-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Hogg, Bridget
Moreno-Alcázar, Ana
Tóth, Mónika Ditta
Serbanescu, Ilinca
Aust, Birgit
Leduc, Caleb
Paterson, Charlotte
Tsantilla, Fotini
Abdulla, Kahar
Cerga-Pashoja, Arlinda
Cresswell-Smith, Johanna
Fanaj, Naim
Meksi, Andia
Ni Dhalaigh, Doireann
Reich, Hanna
Ross, Victoria
Sanches, Sarita
Thomson, Katherine
Van Audenhove, Chantal
Pérez, Victor
Arensman, Ella
Purebl, Gyorgy
Amann, Benedikt L.
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title_full Supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey
title_fullStr Supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey
title_full_unstemmed Supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey
title_short Supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey
title_sort supporting employees with mental illness and reducing mental illness-related stigma in the workplace: an expert survey
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9305029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35867155
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-022-01443-3
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