GetWell@Work A New Approach To Employee Mental Wellness
Employee mental illness is one of the biggest yet least visible costs for businesses, costing US businesses nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars every year in things like absenteeism, lost productivity, and increased health care costs
And while the workplace can often be a major contributor, it could also be hiding the most promising solution for mental wellness.
THE IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ON THE WORKPLACE
From absenteeism to presenteeism to the impact on co-workers, the costs are climbing.
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A NEW WORKPLACE STRATEGY
GetWell@Work is a new approach to mental wellness that focuses on the workplace as a solution.
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CONNECTIONS Depression and the Opioid Crisis
What’s often overlooked in the discussions about America's opioid crisis is that more than 51% of opioid prescriptions are going to people with mood disorders like depression. And that may be creating a lethal concoction that will only make the crisis worse.
The connection between depression and death by opioids became even more stark when a 2018 study from Purdue University found that every 1% increase in depression diagnoses was associated with a 26% increase in opioid-related deaths.Read more.
