The importance of clinical and labour market histories in psychiatric disability retirement: analysis of the comprehensive Finnish national-level RETIRE data.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Despite the stable incidence of mental disorders in Finland and Europe, mental health-related occupational disability has been increasing. We unveiled the paths to permanent psychiatric disability, recovery, or death, by analysing sequences of labour market participation. METHODS:The RETIRE register database includes information regarding all persons (n = 42,170) awarded an ICD-10 psychiatric disability pension between 2010 and 2015 in Finland. We identified clusters of typical paths of pre-retirement labour market history. Controlling for major mental disorders, age, and sex, we evaluated factors associated with returning to work (RTW), or death, over a 5-year follow-up period. RESULTS:Only 10.5% of the disabled subjects returned to work within the follow-up. Half of them ended

SUBMITTER: Pirkola S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature