Mental health of employees: current issues

The review of modern foreign and domestic sources confi rms the position on the problems existing in the fi eld of assessment and control of the mental health of the working population, as well as ways to prevent it. A separate group consists of mental health problems caused directly by the impact of working environment conditions.
As early as 2005, the Helsinki Declaration, published as a result of a meeting of who member countries, called for «the need to include work-related mental health issues in occupational health and safety programmes». According to a recent who-led study, it is estimated that the decline in productivity associated with depression and anxiety disorders costs the global economy $ 1 trillion annually. Adverse working conditions can lead to physical and mental health problems and reduced productivity. Many risk factors for mental health disorders can be associated with working conditions.
Some activities may have a higher risk to the employee (for example, the work of a disaster recovery worker or humanitarian worker), which may lead to negative effects on mental health and symptoms of mental disorders. The world community recognizes that individual interventions based on practice and research are needed to help maintain good mental health and well-being in the workplace. This was confi rmed in the latest International classifi cation of diseases, adopted at the 72nd Session of the World Health Assembly in May 2019, which included the code QD85 — burnout syndrome (a syndrome that occurs as a result of chronic stress in the workplace, which was not successfully overcome). Burnout refers specifi cally to phenomena in a professional context and should not be used to describe experiences in other areas of life. For the fi rst time, the ICD includes syndromes associated with occupational conditions. Thus, we can talk about the trend towards practical implementation of the task set by the OUN to integrate diagnostic criteria for diseases associated with the profession with the diagnostic criteria of ICD. By January 1, 2022, countries using ICD should be ready to implement the revised and accepted who diagnostic criteria in practice.

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