In part one, we looked at how individuals’ pessimistic "explanatory styles" can hinder their recovery, diminish return to work outcomes, decrease productivity and increase their chance of illness or injury by more than twice. For those injured workers who have a tendency to err on the side of pessimism, the likelihood of developing secondary problems is greatly increased. Profiling workers’ explanatory styles helps to gauge whether a...

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ReturnToWorkSA has partnered with Return to Work Matters to provide South Australian Return to Work Coordinators with a free online resource. This website gives coordinators access to practical injury management tools and instructive articles that summarize the findings of evidence based research.