School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia (Ms Sayers); Centre for Resources Health and Safety, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia (Dr Rich); School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia (Mr Rahman, Dr Kelly); School of Health Sciences, and Centre for Resources Health and Safety, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia (Dr James).
Address correspondence to: Carole James, DipCOT, BSc(OT), MHS(OT), PhD (Occ Thy), School of Health Sciences, and Centre for Resources Health and Safety, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia ([email protected]).
This work was supported by industry funds under Grant number: G1501545.
The datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are available upon request.
Clinical significance: It is important for employers to consider mental health as part of health and safety at the workplace. Benefits in upskilling employees and managers with knowledge of common mental health problems and encouraging a peer support approach, such as the MIM model of workplace mental health intervention is supported.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
