The OECD “Mental Health and Work Project” (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/1/49227343.pdf):
… The main question then is why mental disorders seem to be associated with greater problems in the labour market than used to be the case, as also shown by increasing rates of disability benefit claims driven by mental disorders. To some extent, it appears that the increased perception of mental health problems has gone hand-in-hand with a changed view on the work capacity of people with mental disorders, i.e. a more work-limiting evaluation of these problems. This would imply that better awareness has so far mostly led to more exclusion from the workforce.
However, at the same time the job requirements in the workplace have increased or changed. Higher requirements on social skills and cognitive competences make it increasingly difficult for workers with mental ill-health to perform adequately. In order to understand these trends better, more needs to be known about the situation of people with mental disorders; the impact of mental disorders on functionality and work capacity; changes in the workplace; the relationship between mental health and work; and the impact of various institutions, systems and policies. …
(Kursivsatz nachträglich vorgenommen)
Der Generalsekretär der österreichischen IV (Industriellenvereinigung) Mag. Christoph Neumayer leitet daraus mutig ab (http://www.springermedizin.at/apa-artikel/?full=27547):
Denn nicht die Verbreitung hat zugenommen, sondern das allgemein gestiegene Bewusstsein für psychische Erkrankungen. Die gesellschaftliche Entstigmatisierung sowie bessere Diagnosemöglichkeiten haben dazu geführt, dass diese Erkrankungen öfter entdeckt werden als früher.
Ist diese Interpretation der Ergebnisse der OECD mit der Kreativität Christoph Neumayers zu erklären, oder nur mit fehlendem Verständnis für englische Texte?
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