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CIS In brief 05/2017 Mental health and the construction industry
Publication Year
2017
Document Status
Current
Abstract
In a 2014 report, the NHS reported that one in six UK adults suffers from a “common mental disorder” (CMD). Along with other common mental health issues, CMDs include marked stress, depression or anxiety that interferes with daily functioning but doesn’t affect cognition or insight. Left untreated, CMDs can lead to long-term physical, social and occupational disability, and even premature mortality. When it comes to work-related mental illness, it is stress, anxiety and depression that form a CMD trifecta – affecting work performance and resulting in millions of man-hours lost per year.
Author
Sharman, J.
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