"Fit Mind, Fit Job: From Evidence to Practice in Mental Health and Work", 4 Mar 2015

Health and employment services should intervene earlier, involve key stakeholders and ensure they work together in order to help people with mental-health issues find work and stay in a job, according to a new OECD report. Fit Mind, Fit Job: From Evidence to Practice in Mental Health and Work says that around 30% to 40% of all sickness and disability caseloads in OECD countries are related to mental-health problems...The mismatch between the needs of people suffering from mental ill-health and the services provided to them is one of the biggest problems...Current policies are often delivered in silos by health, employment and education services. Creating an integrated system would deliver much better, faster outcomes.Countries have taken small steps towards an integrated delivery of health and employment services, but they have lacked direction. Better measurement and monitoring of policies and outcomes would enable policy makers to assess their impact more effectively...