This review is based on a literature search made in January 2007 on request by the Danish
National Board of Industrial Injuries. The search in PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO …

Objectives: Major depression is a leading cause of psychiatric morbidity and may be
influenced by psychosocial factors in the workplace, although evidence so far remains …

In the last decade, many studies have examined associations between poor psychosocial
work environment and depression. We aimed to assess the evidence for a causal …

Due to their high prevalence and severe consequences depressive disorders provide a
primary challenge to medicine and public health. Improving our understanding of modifiable …

Major depression is a prevalent mental disorder in the working population. Improving the
work environment may reduce the risk of major depression. The authors examined data from …

Background High job demands, low job control, and their combination (job strain) may
increase workers' risk of depression. Previous research is limited by small populations, not …

The authors analyzed the impact of psychosocial work characteristics on the incidence of
severe depressive symptoms among 4,133 (49% women) employees from a representative …

Objectives. We determined the proportion of workers meeting criteria for major depressive
episodes in the past year and examined the association between psychosocial work-stress …

The relationship between subclinical depression and the fulfillment of important work roles is
the focus of this study. The analysis controls for social processes (ie, interpersonal stress) …

Background. Major depression is a prevalent mental disorder in the general population, with
a multi-factorial etiology. However, work stress as a risk factor for major depression has not …