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Depression And Work Performance. Dont let depression at work derail your life and career. Efforts to reduce work-impairment secondary to depression are needed. Depression left untreated may have a significant impact on work performance. When these things happen many people avoid telling their supervisor andor HR out of fear of reprisal or shame and self-stigmatization.
As a leader your job is to create a positive work environment that results in better. Without proper planning and adjustments depression is more likely to negatively affect work performance. Maybe you have difficulty concentrating on the tasks at hand are exhausted because you cant sleep feel on the verge of tears all the time are nervous and overwhelmed or. 1989 first reported on the disabling impact of depression in the 1980s evidence of its human and economic burdens has continued to accumulate Druss et al. Furthermore employers currently face a number of practical challenges in attempting to facilitate early identification of depression. One of the most common physical symptoms of depression is fatigue.
Efforts to reduce work-impairment secondary to depression are needed.
However the majority of studies examining presenteeism have relied on self-report measures of work performance. Thus it is not an overstatement to say that depression is a major. Its not uncommon for employees to experience work-related depression from burnout or other factors. Efforts to reduce work-impairment secondary to depression are needed. The analysis controls for social processes ie interpersonal stress that may precede the development of depressive symptomatology and potential depressive distortion associated with selfreport of symptoms and performance. Computer-aided web-based screening for symptoms of depression is feasible.