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Carolyn S. Dewa is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on health professions and psychology, with specific attention to general health professions, economics and econometrics, social psychology, clinical psychology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work centers on topics including workplace health and well-being, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, mental health treatment and access, employment and welfare studies, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, healthcare policy and management, and occupational health and safety research.

Recent publications by Carolyn S. Dewa highlight various aspects of mental health in occupational settings:

  • Workers' Decisions to Disclose a Mental Health Issue to Managers and the Consequences, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • What Could Influence Workers' Decisions to Disclose a Mental Illness at Work?, 2020, The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • Evidence for the Cost-Effectiveness of Return-to-Work Interventions for Mental Illness Related Sickness Absences: A Systematic Literature Review, 2020, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Among co-authors frequently collaborating with Carolyn S. Dewa are Jeffrey S. Hoch, Andrea M. Guggenbickler, Jaap van Weeghel, Margot Joosen, and Evelien Brouwers.

Publication venues where Carolyn S. Dewa has published multiple times include:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Health Services
  • Current Oncology
  • Canadian Journal of Physician Leadership
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

The research contributed by Carolyn S. Dewa covers a broad range of issues related to mental health at work, economic evaluations of health interventions, and policies concerning workplace well-being and occupational health safety.

Best Publications

  • How does burnout affect physician productivity? A systematic literature review

    Carolyn S Dewa;Carolyn S Dewa;Desmond Loong;Sarah Bonato;Nguyen Xuan Thanh

  • Organizational stressors associated with job stress and burnout in correctional officers: a systematic review

    Caitlin Finney;Erene Stergiopoulos;Jennifer Hensel;Jennifer Hensel;Sarah Bonato

  • The relationship between physician burnout and quality of healthcare in terms of safety and acceptability: a systematic review

    Carolyn S Dewa;Desmond Loong;Sarah Bonato;Lucy Trojanowski

  • A new population-based measure of the economic burden of mental illness in Canada.

    K. L. Lim;P. Jacobs;Arto Ohinmaa;D. Schopflocher

  • Meta-analysis of risk factors for secondary traumatic stress in therapeutic work with trauma victims.

    Jennifer M. Hensel;Jennifer M. Hensel;Jennifer M. Hensel;Carlos Ruiz;Caitlin Finney;Carolyn S. Dewa;Carolyn S. Dewa

  • Chronic physical illness, psychiatric disorder and disability in the workplace.

    Carolyn S Dewa;Elizabeth Lin

  • An estimate of the cost of burnout on early retirement and reduction in clinical hours of practicing physicians in Canada.

    Carolyn S Dewa;Carolyn S Dewa;Philip Jacobs;Nguyen Xuan Thanh;Desmond Loong

  • Nature and Prevalence of Mental Illness in the Workplace

    Carolyn S Dewa;Alain Lesage;Paula Goering;Michele Craveen

  • Changes in Perceived Job Strain and the Risk of Major Depression: Results From a Population-based Longitudinal Study

    Jianli Wang;Norbert Schmitz;Norbert Schmitz;Carolyn S Dewa;Stephen Stansfeld

  • Socioeconomic status and the risk of major depression: the Canadian National Population Health Survey

    Jian Li Wang;Norbert Schmitz;Carolyn Dewa

  • Socioeconomic status and self-reported barriers to mental health service use.

    Leah Steele;Carolyn S Dewa;Kenneth Lee

  • An International Perspective on Worker Mental Health Problems: Who Bears the Burden and How are Costs Addressed?

    Carolyn S Dewa;David McDaid;Susan L Ettner

  • Mental health service use among adolescents and young adults with major depressive disorder and suicidality.

    Amy H Cheung;Carolyn S Dewa

  • Education Level, Income Level and Mental Health Services Use in Canada: Associations and Policy Implications

    Leah S. Steele;Carolyn S. Dewa;Elizabeth Lin;Kenneth L.K. Lee

  • What do peer support workers do? A job description

    Nora Jacobson;Lucy Trojanowski;Carolyn S Dewa;Carolyn S Dewa

  • The relationship between resident burnout and safety-related and acceptability-related quality of healthcare: a systematic literature review

    Carolyn S. Dewa;Carolyn S. Dewa;Desmond Loong;Sarah Bonato;Lucy Trojanowski

  • Association of Chronic Work Stress, Psychiatric Disorders, and Chronic Physical Conditions With Disability Among Workers

    Carolyn S Dewa;Elizabeth Lin;Mieke Kooehoorn;Elliot Goldner

  • Depression-related short-term disability in an employed population.

    Carolyn S Dewa;Paula Goering;Elizabeth Lin;Michael Paterson

  • Examining the Comparative Incidence and Costs of Physical and Mental Health-Related Disabilities in an Employed Population

    Carolyn S. Dewa;Nearkasen Chau;Stanley Dermer

  • Employee decision-making about disclosure of a mental disorder at work.

    Kate E. Toth;Carolyn S. Dewa

  • Institutional review boards and multisite studies in health services research: is there a better way?

    Jennifer L. Gold;Carolyn S. Dewa

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Hoch
Jeffrey S. Hoch University of California, Davis
Paula Goering
Paula Goering Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Yona Lunsky
Yona Lunsky Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Arto Ohinmaa
Arto Ohinmaa University of Alberta
David McDaid
David McDaid London School of Economics and Political Science
Norbert Schmitz
Norbert Schmitz McGill University
Tania Lecomte
Tania Lecomte University of Montreal
Stephen W. Hwang
Stephen W. Hwang University of Toronto
Sagar V. Parikh
Sagar V. Parikh University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
JianLi Wang
JianLi Wang University of Calgary

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