Mental Health

How are employees getting along?

• 1 in 5 suffer from mood disorders in their lifetime
• Less than ½ seek treatment
• Mood Disorder = Depression (growing faster than CAD), Anxiety (most common), Bipolar disorder
• Early intervention = Success
• World Health Organization - by 2020 depression will be 2nd leading cause of disability and mortality
• Mental health claims = 4-12% of payroll
• Employees with mental health problems 2/3 times more likely to be absent
• Employees with disorders are unproductive
• Costs of presenteeism are often higher than absenteeism
  

What are Employers doing?

• More than half view mental health claims as top concern; only 31% have plans in place
• Only 35% have return to work processes specific to mental health
• Less than 33% have taken action
• Only 27% have a mental health assessment tool
• Less than 10% have trained managers to identify and address problems
• Only 5% have plans to address the stigma - education

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