The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 194: 201-203. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.055111
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EDITORIALS

Mental health and employment: much work still to be done

Samuel B. Harvey, MRCPsych and Max Henderson, MRCPsych

Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London

Paul Lelliott, MRCPsych

Royal College of Psychiatrists' Research and Training Unit

Matthew Hotopf, PhD

Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

Correspondence: Dr Samuel B. Harvey, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London SE5 9RJ, UK. Email: s.harvey{at}iop.kcl.ac.uk

Declaration of interest

P.L. is Chairman of First Step Trust, a national charity that provides work opportunities for people with mental health problems, and Director of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' Research and Training Unit, which was commissioned to write a report on mental health and work for the National Director for Health and Work. S.H., M. Henderson and P.L. were co-authors of this report. Funding detailed in Acknowledgements.

Samuel Harvey (pictured), Max Henderson and Matthew Hotopf are clinical academics at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Paul Lelliott is a consultant psychiatrist at Oxleas NHS Trust.

Mental illness is now the leading cause of both sickness absence and incapacity benefits in most high-income countries. The rising economic and social costs make health and work an increasing priority for policy makers. We discuss the findings from Dame Carol Black's recent review of the health of Britain's working-age population and examine how her recommendations may impact and challenge mental health services.


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