Table 1.

Overview of the recommendations of the Guideline for the prevention of mental ill-health at the workplace and corresponding target-behaviors

Recommendation	Target-behaviors
1.Workplaces have well-established policies related to the social and organizational risk management	Develop new policies related to the social and organizational risk management
	Revise existing policies related to the social and organizational risk management
	Disseminate policies related to the social and organizational risk management
	Apply policies related to the social and organizational risk management
2.Employers have knowledge on the relationship between social and organizational risks and mental ill-health	Formulate the knowledge employers need to have regarding the relationship between social and organizational risks and mental ill-health
	Identify appropriate courses that can supply employers with knowledge on the relationship between social and organizational risks and mental ill-health
	Apply for courses that can supply employers with knowledge on the relationship between social and organizational risks and mental ill-health
3.Workplaces regularly assess their social and organizational work environment and intervene on identified social and organizational risk factors	Plan the assessment of the social and organizational work environment
	Assess the social and organizational work environment
	Present the results of the assessment of the social and organizational work environment to all employees
	Identity priority areas in group-discussions based on the results that need to be intervened upon
	Develop an action-plan describing activities aimed at the priority areas
	Execute the intended activities
	Continuously follow-up the action-plan