Employment trajectories and mental health-related disability in Belgium

Objectives: An individual’s quality of employment over time has been highlighted as a potential determinant of mental health. With mental ill-health greatly contributing to work incapacities and disabilities in Belgium, the present study aims to explore whether mental health, as indicated by registered mental health-related disability, is structured along the lines of employment quality, whereby employment quality is assessed over time as part of individuals’ labour market trajectories. Methods: Using administrative data from the Belgian Crossroads Bank for Social Security over 16 quarters bet... Mehr ...