Trajectories of mental health before and after old-age and disability retirement: a register-based study on purchases of psychotropic drugs

• Main Authors: Mikko Laaksonen (Author), Niina Metsä-Simola (Author), Pekka Martikainen (Author), Olli Pietiläinen (Author), Ossi Rahkonen (Author), Raija Gould (Author), Timo Partonen (Author), Eero Lahelma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2012-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Retirement from paid work is a major life event facing increasingly large numbers of people in the coming years. We examined trajectories of mental health five years before and five years after old-age and disability retirement using data on purchases of psychotropic drugs. METHODS: The...