Abstract
<P>Organizational and occupational psychiatry is the application of psychiatric knowledge, principles, and skills to the resolution of career issues of individuals and larger scale behavioral issues of organizations. Organizational and occupational psychiatry dates back to 1924, when Macy’s department store first hired a psychiatrist to attend to the needs of their employees. Since then, the scope of organizational and occupational psychiatry has expanded into many areas of work and corporate life. Within occupational psychiatry, there has been growing awareness of the importance of work and career factors in patients’ inner emotional lives, and the often hidden interactions between work life and personal life. Within organizational psychiatry, psychiatrists have worked to improve organizational structure, function and change; address the complexities of office politics; assess and develop executive and leadership skills; and help employers with a range of issues including accidents, violence, presenteeism, and the workplace effects of mental health diagnoses and treatment. This paper will review examples of organizational and occupational psychiatry. All individual case material is fictionalized to maintain confidentiality.</P> <H4>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</H4> <P>Jeffrey P. Kahn, MD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Weill-Cornell Medical College in New York, and CEO of WorkPsych Associates (WorkPsych.com). WorkPsych offers a free listserv discussion group called “Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace.” He is Past-President of the Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry, and Co-Editor of the text “Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace: A Handbook for Organizations and Clinicians” (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2003).</P> <P>Address correspondence to: Jeffrey P. Kahn, MD, WorkPsych Associates/Suite 1C, 300 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024; 212-362-4099; <a href="mailto:JeffKahn@aol.com">JeffKahn@aol.com</a>.</P>
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