Number of Patients with Mental Health Disorders may be Increasing(Symposium/The Latest Frontiers of Occupational Mental Health)

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  • Natsume Makoto
    Graduate School of Human Science, Osaka Shoin Women's University

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  • メンタルヘルス不調者が増加しているかどうか(シンポジウム:職場のメンタルヘルス最前線,2008年,第49回日本心身医学会総会(札幌))
  • メンタルヘルス不調者が増加しているかどうか
  • メンタル ヘルス フチョウシャ ガ ゾウカシテイルカ ドウカ

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In order to evaluate whether the number of patients with mental health disorders is increasing or not, the following levels of observation were used: 1. the macroscopic point of view, and 2. the viewpoints of on-site professionals. 1. The macroscopic point of view. 1) According to the patient trend surveys released by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (2004 Annual Report on Health and Welfare), the number of depression cases increased 45 times in 19 years, from fiscal 1984 to 2002. In addition, the number of suicides, allegedly related to depression, has been hovering between 30,000 and 35,000 for the past 10 years. Furthermore, the sales volume of antidepressants has been increasing. 2) According to 2008 survey, mainly of publicly held companies registered with Japan Productivity Center for Socio-economic Development, 56.1% of the companies answered, "mental disorders have increased in the past three years," Among the various age groups, the greatest number of patients with mental disorders were reportedly in their thirties of age. 2. Viewpoints of on-site professionals. A. In all four of the companies in which the author participates as a psychiatric advisor or doctor, mental disorders have been increasing. B. Two psychiatrists and three other professionals, a psychosomatic medicine doctor, an industrial physician, and a psychologist, participated in a Discussion Meeting for Depression and Depressed States. All reported that mental disorders have been increasing. According to all two levels of evidence, mental disorders are increasing.

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