Occupational exposure factors for mental and behavioral disorders at work: The FOREC thesaurus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental disorders in the workplace are a major public health problem. Knowledge of the impact of the psychosocial work environment on mental and behavioral disorders can assist occupational physicians in the identification and description of occupational risk situations, and help to define priority actions. However, no classification for occupational exposure factors is currently available. We aimed to build a thesaurus of "Organizational, Relational, Ethical and other Contributing Factors" (FOREC) linked with the onset of mental and behavioral disorders.

Methods

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) initiated and supervised a multidisciplinary working group consisting of the representatives of the main French occupati

SUBMITTER: Chamoux A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013225 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature