social causes to sickness absence among men and women with mental illnesses社会事业和精神疾病的男性和女性之间的病假.pdfVIP

Psychology 2012. Vol.3, No.4, 315-321 Published Online April 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/psych) /10.4236/psych.2012.34045 Social Causes to Sickness Absence among Men and Women with Mental Illnesses 1 2 Kari Batt-Rawden , Gunnar Tellnes 1Eastern Norway Research Institute, (Østlandsforskning), Lillehammer, Norway 2Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Email: kbr@ostforsk.no Received January 10th th th , 2012; revised February 14 , 2012; accepted March 15 , 2012 Introduction: The mental ill-health diagnoses seem to be increasing in Europe and there are global trends towards increasing stress and ill-health at work. In order to understand the social situation for the sickness absentees it is important to consider how identities and relationships are formed in interaction with other people. Aims: 1) To reveal the absentees own perceptions and experiences of being on sick leave; 2) To understand and uncover the absentees’ own views of the causes of their illnesses. Methods: This study takes an exploratory approach, examining an area where there has been little data and building upon work that has focused on sickness absence as a phenomenon. It attempted to do so through a pragmatic synthe-