[Mental health care for mentally ill employees. Part 2. Follow-up and outcome of mental disorders].
A mental health program was commenced in 1957 in an electric power company which has about 360 offices and 17,000 employees scattered throughout Kyushu. During a period of 30 years from 1957 to 1986, a total of 949 mentally ill employees sought consultation regarding various mental health problems. Following the initial interview, periodic follow-up study was made on them. The results showed that year-end prevalence rate increased with continuation of mental health work and the rate reached 0.73% in the recent 5 years. At the end point of the study, 358 employees (37.7% of the subjects) were working in the company and 591 cases (62.3%) had retired. The number retiring before reaching retirement age was 228 cases (24.0%) and in particular, retirement due to death and retirement due to disease in the subjects were higher in rate than those of all employees of the company.
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Department of Health Care and Administration, Fukuoka University Hospital.
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011379:Prognosis; D012179:Retirement / Q000706:statistics & numerical data