title: [Sickness absence and disability due to psychiatric disorders from a gender perspective - a systematic literature review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This work is aimed at providing a review of the literature on gender differences in the prevalence of mental disorders at the workplace.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic literature search of all original works on sickness absence and disability due to psychiatric disorders published in PubMed from 2000 through to 2011 was undertaken.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Female employees have more frequent and longer sickness absences due to psychiatric disorders. Male employees are at a high risk of disability due to psychiatric disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gender-specific prevention strategies at the workplace should target the prevention of short and long-term consequences for female employees and the long-term impact of psychiatric disorders in male employees. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about implications for gender specific prevention strategies at the workplace.
authors.affiliation: Arbeitsgruppe Geschlechterforschung in der Medizin, Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig. Sandra.Dietrich@medizin.unileipzig.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stengler
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D018582:Sick Leave / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*