Job stress as a preventable upstream determinant of common mental disorders: A review for practitioners and policy-makers

LaMontagne, Anthony D.; Keegel, Tessa; Louie, Amber; Ostry, Aleck

doi:10.5172/jamh.9.1.17

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“…6 Pre-trauma personality, borderline personality traits as well as other personality traits, such as perfectionism, may contribute to an increased risk of suicide in patients suffering from PTSD 6 , and these have not been explored in this study. While the issue of rank in the police has also not been explored in this study, and is unlikely to impact on the results, as other research 8,9 has found no relationship between rank and stress symptoms (suicidal behaviour is often linked to the presence of stress symptoms 31 ). Also, we did not examine for racial and ethnic differences which prevent the identification of possible health disparities.…”

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Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic criteria and suicidal ideation in a South African Police sample

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Objective: Exposure to traumatic events may precipitate suicidal ideation. Once an individual is diagnosed with PTSD, a suicide risk assessment often follows. This study explores how PTSD symptom criteria correlate with suicidal ideation in a sample of police officers. While the psychometric measures of PTSD often mirror the DSM-IV-TR criteria, focusing on exposure, symptom, and duration criteria, suicidal ideation measures often focus on concepts quite different from that. In this report the focus was on investigating how PTSD symptom criteria correlate with the suicidal ideation. Method: A group of South African police officers (N = 217) were assessed by means of the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale and a short version of the Adult Suicide Ideation Questionnaire. Linear and hierarchical regressions were used to determine which PTSD symptom criteria best predict suicidal ideation. Results: Hyperarousal was the primary predictor of suicidal ideation (R 2 [adjusted] = 0.249). Intrusive thoughts added only marginally to the model, contributing a further 2.5% to the declared variance. The contributions of the other two symptom types were negligible. Conclusion: In this study hyperarousal correlated significantly with suicidal ideation. It is suggested that practitioners be alert to these symptoms as possible indicators of suicidal ideation. Implications for suicide risk assessment and prevention measures are discussed.

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“…Sixth, the self-administered version of the CIDI had 100% specificity, while the sensitivity was about 70% from the preliminary study, which may lead to a high rate of falsenegative diagnoses for major depressive episodes in the past 12 months and thus underestimate the true association. Seventh, while we conducted conservative analyses by entering neurotic personality traits in the model, it is also, to some extent, controversial because a previous study reported that poor psychosocial working conditions predicted deterioration of personality 40) . Therefore, the present findings should be interpreted with caution.…”

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Organizational Justice and Major Depressive Episodes in Japanese Employees: A Cross‐sectional Study

Inoue¹,

Kawakami

Tsuno

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Journal of Occupational Health

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Organizational Justice and Major Depressive Episodes in Japanese Employees: A Cross‐Sectional Study: Akiomi INOUE, et al. Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan— Objectives Several European studies showed that low organizational justice (i.e., procedural justice and interactional justice) was associated with major depressive disorders. In these studies, however, the diagnosis of major depressive disorders may be underestimated because they identified only individuals who visited a doctor and Received a diagnosis. Moreover, these studies did not consider neurotic personality traits, which can affect the occurrence of major depressive disorders. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the cross‐sectional association of organizational justice with major depressive episodes in the past 12 months more precisely in Japanese employees. Methods A total of 425 males and 708 females from five branches of a manufacturing company in Japan completed self‐administered questionnaires measuring organizational justice, other job stressors (i.e., job strain, social support at work, and effort‐reward imbalance), neuroticism, and demographic characteristics. A web‐based self‐administered version of the computerized Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0) was used to assess major depressive episodes. Logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results In the univariate analysis, low procedural justice and low interactional justice were significantly associated with major depressive episodes in the past 12 months. After adjusting for other job stressors and demographic characteristics, only the association of interactional justice remained significant. The moderating effect of neuroticism on the association of organizational justice with major depressive episodes in the past 12 months was not significant. Conclusions Low interactional justice may be associated with major depressive disorders regardless or other job stressors or neurotic personality traits.

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“…Although there is no universally agreed definition of stress, most theories postulate that stress originates with exposure to stressors in the environment (LaMontagne, Keegel, Louie, & Ostry, 2010). Research findings that law students enter law school with levels of well-being similar to the general population and other student groups and yet during law school display higher levels of distress compared with similar professional degrees (Benjamin et al, 1986;Sheldon & Krieger, 2004), suggests that there are unique provoking stressors in the law school environment (Tani & Vines, 2009).…”

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Law Student Stress: Relationships Between Academic Demands, Social Isolation, Career Pressure, Study/Life Imbalance and Adjustment Outcomes in Law Students

Bergin

Pakenham

2014

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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Although Australian law students report elevated distress compared with community norms and other student groups, few studies have examined the relationships between perceived stress in law school and adjustment in law students. A total of 647 Australian law students completed the purpose-built Law Student Perceived Stress Scale (LSPSS). Analyses indicated that the LSPSS was psychometrically sound and measured four dimensions of law school stress: academic demands, social isolation, career pressure and study/life imbalance. Regression analyses on a subsample (n D 481) indicated that higher scores on each dimension were related to higher depression and anxiety symptoms. Social isolation was related to reduced life satisfaction and psychological well-being across all dimensions. Further analysis indicated that the majority of law students reported Moderate to Extremely Severe symptoms of depression (53%) and anxiety (54%). Practice implications, including the need to promote social connectedness in law schools, are discussed.

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Job stress as a preventable upstream determinant of common mental disorders: A review for practitioners and policy-makers

Cited by 95 publications

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Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic criteria and suicidal ideation in a South African Police sample

Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic criteria and suicidal ideation in a South African Police sample

Organizational Justice and Major Depressive Episodes in Japanese Employees: A Cross‐sectional Study

Law Student Stress: Relationships Between Academic Demands, Social Isolation, Career Pressure, Study/Life Imbalance and Adjustment Outcomes in Law Students

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