Corporate
Mental Health + Workplace
Mental Health Issues Affect
Businesses and Their Employees
Mental illnesses such as depression are associated with higher rates of disability and unemployment.
Depression interferes with a person’s ability to complete physical job tasks about 20% of the time and reduces cognitive performance about 35% of the time.
Only 57% of employees who report moderate depression and 40% of those who report severe depression receive treatment to control depression symptoms.
Even after taking other health risks—like smoking and obesity—into account, employees at high risk of depression had the highest health care costs during the 3 years after an initial health risk assessment.
Poor mental health and stress can negatively affect employee:
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Job performance and productivity.
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Engagement with one’s work.
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Communication with coworkers.
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Physical capability and daily functioning.
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Lack of creativity and drive.
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Decreases the ability to grow in the company.
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Losing connection with team efforts.
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Increases the employee's chances of losing job.
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Increases the unemployment rate.
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Costs the company money due to job replacement.
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