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As recently noted by Dewa, Corbière, Durand, and Hensel (2013), there have been many studies revealing a close association between musculoskeletal disorders and mental health disorders. For example, Buist-Bouwman, de Graaf, Vollebergh, and Ormel (2005) reported that workers with chronic physical disorders, such as chronic back problems, were significantly more likely to have a mood or anxiety disorder. In addition, Franche et al. (2009), in following a group of Canadian workers who had an occupational-related musculoskeletal disorder, noted that about 43 % of these workers had much higher levels of depressive symptoms that persisted among 27 % of these workers 6 months later. As Dewa et al. (2013) note:
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Gatchel, R.J., Dougall, A.L. (2014). Psychosocial and Psychiatric Sequelae of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders. In: Gatchel, R., Schultz, I. (eds) Handbook of Musculoskeletal Pain and Disability Disorders in the Workplace. Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0612-3_12
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