Psychiatric disorder and work life: A longitudinal study of intra-generational social mobility

Conclusion: Employees suffering from psychiatric disorder do not maintain their social class or remain in the labour force to the same extent as individuals without those problems, irrespective of their parental class. Our results support the social drift hypothesis that individuals with poor psychiatric health move downward in the social hierarchy.

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Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - February 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tiikkaja, S., Sandin, S., Hultman, C. M., Modin, B., Malki, N., Sparen, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research