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To conclude, this study supports an association between downsizing and purchases of prescribed psychotropic drugs. The results indicating an increase in psychotropic drug purchases prior to the downsizing event among changes and those who became unemployed after the downsizing implies that the anticipation-phase is a stressful time in the downsizing process for the exposed employees. The results however, suggested an even more prominent increase psychotropic drug purchases across the period of downsizing and the following years among those who continued to work in the same workplace, i.e., the stayers. This also implies that an organizational downsizing can have long-term consequences on mental health for those who stay in the organization, which did not appear to be attributed to health selection, indicating a need for preventive measures.