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The Swedish Activity Compensation - when the work-incapacity is invisible

This study by Sara Hultqvist examines the intricacies of Sweden’s Activity Compensation policy, launched in 2003, particularly for individuals suffering from invisible mental health issues like anxiety and depression. It highlights the increasing number of young individuals on long-term incapacity benefits and investigates the policy's outcomes through a dual perspective: that of the recipients and the handling officers. Through individual interviews, the research explores the lived experiences of those affected and the bureaucratic processes involved, offering insights into social policy actions.

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The Swedish Activity Compensation - when the work-incapacity is invisible

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  1. The Swedish Activity Compensation- when the work-incapacity is invisible Sara Hultqvist PhD-Student Departement of Social Work Linnæus University, Växjö Sweden

  2. Background • A risingnumberof persons on long-term-incapacity benefits • Psychiatricdiagnosesareamong the mostfrequentonesreported on the doctor’scertificate • The proportion ofyoungpeoplereceiving long-term-incapacity benefits has increased

  3. Motives and Selection • The activitycompensation, the reform waslaunched in 2003 • Persons receivingActivityCompensation and whosuffer from anxiety and/or depression • Thesediagnosesare the mostfrequentones

  4. Purpose Statement • The aim of the study is to highlight the process surrounding the activity compensation as policy outcome • The process will be scrutinized from two different perspectives, the person’s receiving activity compensation (the insured) and the handling officer’s

  5. Study Design A ”two-stage rocket” • Individual interviews with 17 insured • Individual interviews with their handling-officers • A second round of interviews where the double descriptions (from the insured and from her/his handling officer) are followed up

  6. Theoritical Assumptions • A bottom-up perspective on a social policy program • Social policy as action. The reform becomes reality in the actions of handling-officers and young individuals. • The Cartesian dichotomy of soma and psyche is present when the citizen meets the Health Insurance

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