Telephone Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Subthreshold Depression and Presenteeism in Workplace

Exclusion Criteria

• •Part-time employees
• •Sick leave for 6 or more days for a physical or mental condition in the past month
• •Expected to be on pregnancy leave, maternity leave or nursing leave within 2 years after screening
• •Current treatment for a mental health problem from a mental health professional
• •Major depressive episode in the past month, as ascertained by CIDI \[We do not exclude dysthymia or major depression in partial remission\]
• •Lifetime history of bipolar disorder, as ascertained by CIDI
• •Any substance dependence in the past 12 months, as ascertained by CIDI. \[We do not exclude substance abuse.\]
• •Any other current mental disorder if it constitutes the predominant aspect of the clinical presentation and requires treatment not offered in the project
• •Those who have already received the telephone CBT in the pilot runs