Abstract
Following the rising suicide rate and increase in work-related stress, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare formulated "Guidelines for workers' mental health promotion "and has been promoting the efforts for mental health care in the workplace. Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization has been active in supporting mental health promotion in the work-place, which is one of the resources outside of the workplace indicated as 4 types of care in the above guidelines. Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization also designated "workers' mental health" as one of the 13 research areas which need to be focused on from the medical standpoint, and established the specialized research center in Yokohama Rosai Hospital to conduct 2 projects in research and development. In this article, Research Project 1, "Empirical Research for Effectiveness of Mental Health Check and Health Guidance using Internet" is described.
