Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
How did mental health became a problem in working life?
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
How did mental health became a problem in working life?
How did mental health became a problem in working life?
Subject
mental health, problem , working life
Description
Despite improved physical health and material welfare, numerous manifestations of mental vulnerability (depression, work stress, burnout
etc.) have spread over the past few decades among working age populations in Western countries. This presentation will deal with the key production- and culture-related mechanisms that have provoked the emergence of mental vulnerability among the working aged in 19602020. The objective of this presentation is to form a more historically-based understanding of mental health at work.
The main body of empirical data will be drawn from Finland, which has transformed exceptionally rapidly from a country with a strong secondary production and material poverty to a country with an
advanced high-tech and service sector and a high level of mental
vulnerability. I will present an empirical strategy to examine mental vulnerability by combining approaches from social sciences, history, and epidemiology. It includes a detailed analysis of people’s accounts (e.g.,
expert interviews, archival documents, occupational journal materials), but also uses mental national health records (e.g., drug prescriptions, sick leaves) and other long-term structural materials. Several empirical examples will be presented from various substudies conducted over the recent years. For instance, occupational experiences among teachers and occupational health professionals will be dealt with. These materials will illustrate how the mental health became a problem in different parts of working life and how different societal transitions (both work-related and cultural) fuelled the emergence of this challenge. The presentation brings to the fore perspectives that have not genuinely interacted, or that have remained silent in the study of occupational mental health. This presentation questions our contemporary wisdom regarding mental health at work, relocates this challenge in a transitioning society, and opens a new avenue for understanding the paradoxical nature of mental vulnerability in current working life.
etc.) have spread over the past few decades among working age populations in Western countries. This presentation will deal with the key production- and culture-related mechanisms that have provoked the emergence of mental vulnerability among the working aged in 19602020. The objective of this presentation is to form a more historically-based understanding of mental health at work.
The main body of empirical data will be drawn from Finland, which has transformed exceptionally rapidly from a country with a strong secondary production and material poverty to a country with an
advanced high-tech and service sector and a high level of mental
vulnerability. I will present an empirical strategy to examine mental vulnerability by combining approaches from social sciences, history, and epidemiology. It includes a detailed analysis of people’s accounts (e.g.,
expert interviews, archival documents, occupational journal materials), but also uses mental national health records (e.g., drug prescriptions, sick leaves) and other long-term structural materials. Several empirical examples will be presented from various substudies conducted over the recent years. For instance, occupational experiences among teachers and occupational health professionals will be dealt with. These materials will illustrate how the mental health became a problem in different parts of working life and how different societal transitions (both work-related and cultural) fuelled the emergence of this challenge. The presentation brings to the fore perspectives that have not genuinely interacted, or that have remained silent in the study of occupational mental health. This presentation questions our contemporary wisdom regarding mental health at work, relocates this challenge in a transitioning society, and opens a new avenue for understanding the paradoxical nature of mental vulnerability in current working life.
Creator
Ari Väänänen
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
January 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
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Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
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Citation
Ari Väänänen, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Supplement 2022
How did mental health became a problem in working life?,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed September 20, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2477.
How did mental health became a problem in working life?,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed September 20, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2477.