title: [Trends of occupational mental health in Japan].
abstract: Recently, promoting measures for workers' mental health has been one of the most important and pressing issues in occupational health. In this paper, I indicate the direction which the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare decided on and discuss the roles of in-plant occupational health staff. In-plant occupational health staff should attach great importance to "caseness" in their mental health activities. I express my personal opinion about the division of roles and coordination between in-plant occupational health staff and outside medical specialists. I also refer to the necessity of improvements in the workplace environment.
authors: Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
authors: Hisanori
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authors: Hiro
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007564:Japan; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational