"EUROGIP has published the results of a new study on the recognition of work-related mental disorders as accidents at work and/or occupational diseases in 7 European countries: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
It turns out that, under certain conditions, a mental illness resulting from a specific, sudden and unforeseeable event can theoretically be recognised as an accident at work in many European countries.
But an increasing number of workers are now claiming to be suffering from non-traumatic disorders (depression, burnout, etc.), caused by the organisation and working conditions, violence or management style they encounter in the workplace. These situations, corresponding to prolonged exposure to a psychosocial risk, raise the question of recognition of psychological disorders as occupational diseases, an issue on which only a few countries – Denmark, Spain, France, Italy and Sweden – took a favourable stance some twenty years ago.
The new EUROGIP report therefore looks at :
- mental disorders linked to psychosocial risks (those caused by toxic substances, particularly solvents, are excluded);
- the five countries which recognise mental disorders as occupational diseases, as well as Germany and Belgium, where information on recognition as accidents at work is available;
- the process of recognition of the occupational nature of mental illnesses;
- the statistics published by “accidents at work/occupational diseases” insurers.
One point concerns recognition of suicide."

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