TY - CHAP

T1 - Occupational e-Mental Health

T2 - Current Approaches and Promising Perspectives for Promoting Mental Health in Workers

AU - Lehr, Dirk

AU - Geraedts, Anna

AU - Persson Asplund, Robert

AU - Khadjesari, Zarnie

AU - Heber, Elena

AU - de Bloom, Jessica

AU - Ebert, David D.

AU - Angerer, Peter

AU - Funk, Burkhardt

PY - 2016/1/1

Y1 - 2016/1/1

N2 - During the past few years, the Internet has started to change lifestyles and affect all life domains, including working life. It is also increasingly used for targeting mental health issues. The “application of information technology in mental and behavioral health” (Andersson G, Riper H, Carlbring P (2014) Editorial: Introducing Internet interventions—a new open access journal. Internet Intervent 1:1–2) is becoming common in health-care; interventions have already been incorporated into routine care in countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, Australia, and the USA. As a next step, Internet interventions in the area of occupational health are progressively emerging. They may offer an evidence-based, cost-effective, and convenient way of promoting workers’ mental health on a large scale. Currently, Internet interventions for workers are the most promising approach in the field of occupational e-mental health. The evolution of occupational e-mental health is embedded in interdisciplinary research, practice, and policy. In the first section of this chapter, the origins of occupational e-mental health will be outlined and a definition proposed. Following this, different approaches to occupational e-mental health will be described and their potentials elucidated. A comparison between Internet interventions and traditional stress-management trainings will provide further insights into the design and characteristics of the most elaborated approach in occupational e-mental health. Subsequently, various Internet training programs will be introduced and the evidence for their efficacy summarized. Finally, important topics for further research and implementation will be outlined.

AB - During the past few years, the Internet has started to change lifestyles and affect all life domains, including working life. It is also increasingly used for targeting mental health issues. The “application of information technology in mental and behavioral health” (Andersson G, Riper H, Carlbring P (2014) Editorial: Introducing Internet interventions—a new open access journal. Internet Intervent 1:1–2) is becoming common in health-care; interventions have already been incorporated into routine care in countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, Australia, and the USA. As a next step, Internet interventions in the area of occupational health are progressively emerging. They may offer an evidence-based, cost-effective, and convenient way of promoting workers’ mental health on a large scale. Currently, Internet interventions for workers are the most promising approach in the field of occupational e-mental health. The evolution of occupational e-mental health is embedded in interdisciplinary research, practice, and policy. In the first section of this chapter, the origins of occupational e-mental health will be outlined and a definition proposed. Following this, different approaches to occupational e-mental health will be described and their potentials elucidated. A comparison between Internet interventions and traditional stress-management trainings will provide further insights into the design and characteristics of the most elaborated approach in occupational e-mental health. Subsequently, various Internet training programs will be introduced and the evidence for their efficacy summarized. Finally, important topics for further research and implementation will be outlined.

KW - Business psychology

KW - Work Engagement

KW - Health sciences

KW - Health Risk Assessment

KW - Occupational Stress

KW - Traditional Training

KW - Business informatics

KW - Internet Intervention

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068836782&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_19

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_19

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-3-319-32329-9

SP - 257

EP - 281

BT - Healthy at Work

A2 - Wiencke, Markus

A2 - Cacace, Mirella

A2 - Fischer, Sebastian

PB - Springer International Publishing

CY - Cham

ER -