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Mental health and workplace injuries are known to be closely linked, but there are significant gaps in our deeper understanding of that bidirectional relationship. How does one affect the other, what moderates the relationship and what are the long-term implications for overcoming injuries and returning to work?

In a recent meta-analysis of the existing literature published in the journal Personnel Psychology, assistant professor of management Steve Granger and his University of Calgary co-author Nick Turner argue that the relationship is not equal. They found that work-related injuries are more likely to precede mental health challenges than mental health challenges preceding injuries.

"We initially wanted to simply get a grasp on what we know, based on what has already been done in the English language, on this particular relationship," Granger says.

"That led us to the consequences of mental health challenges on work injuries. We uncovered this bidirectional relationship showing that work injuries can elicit and exacerbate pre-existing mental health challenges. As well, the experience of struggling with a mental health challenge on a day-to-day basis has a non-negligible impact on the likelihood of a workplace injury."

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