Protocol of a randomized controlled multicenter trial investigating process and effectiveness of a participatory organizational approach for preventing work-related mental health problems among employees: vital@work.

Background: Evidence links psychosocial work factors to work-related mental health problems, which affect productivity and highlight the need for workplace interventions. In order to establish sustainable change, a participatory strategy that considers the behavioral, organizational, and contextual (BOC) determinants when selecting and implementing interventions is needed. The objective of the current study, Vital@Work, is to prevent and reduce work-related mental health problems by using an evidence based Participatory Approach (PA) as strategy to compose a set of intervention activities tailored to BOC determinants.

A Decision Aid to Support Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals Offering Tailored Care to Benefit Recipients with a Long-Term Work Disability: A Feasibility Study.

Purpose: This feasibility study focusses on the implementation and use of a decision aid, which supports vocational rehabilitation (VR) professionals in helping clients with a disability pension return to work in practice. The decision aid shows an overview of the clients' return to work barriers and suggests suitable VR interventions based on these barriers.

Methods: The study population consisted of VR professionals working at the Dutch Social Security Institute and their clients receiving a (partial) work disability pension.

Characteristics and Predictors of Educational and Occupational Disengagement Among Outpatient Youth With Borderline Personality Disorder.

This study aimed to investigate predictors of vocational disengagement (referred to as Not in Employment, Education, or Training [NEET]) in young people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The sample comprised 112 outpatients with a BPD diagnosis, aged 15-25 years, who participated in a randomized controlled trial (ANZCTR12610000100099). The proportion of participants who were NEET (39.

The role of borderline personality disorder symptoms on absenteeism & work performance in the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA).

Background: Symptoms of borderline personality disorder (BPD) were previously found to be associated with decreased work performance, even after controlling for depressive and anxiety disorders. Furthermore, co-occurrence of BPD and affective disorders is common. Therefore, we examined the effect of BPD symptoms on occupational functioning in workers with affective disorders.

Barriers and facilitators to employment in borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study among patients, mental health practitioners and insurance physicians.

Background: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with unemployment and impaired functioning. However, a comprehensive understanding of barriers and facilitators to employment from a multidisciplinary perspective is currently lacking. Therefore, the aim of this qualitative study was to explore barriers and facilitators in gaining and maintaining employment in BPD from the perspectives of patients, mental health practitioners (MHPs) and insurance physicians (IPs).

Borderline personality symptoms and work performance: a population-based survey.

Background: This study aims to elucidate the interplay between borderline personality symptoms and working conditions as a pathway for impaired work performance among workers in the general population.

Methods: Cross-sectional data from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2) were used, including 3672 workers. Borderline personality symptoms were measured with the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) questionnaire.