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Addressing Mental Illness in the Workplace  - Nearly one in five adults in the United States, 43.7 million people, are affected by mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance on ...

Psychology Month highlights high cost of mental illness in the workplace - The Mental Health Commission of Canada estimates the economic burden of mental illness at more than $50 billion per year. The Public Health ...

Why Employers Need To Talk About Mental Illness In The Workplace  - They don't want to lose their jobs, damage relationships or risk future employers learning of illnesses and judging them. The stigma of mental illness  ...

Disclosing mental illness in the workplace: should you tell?  - While there's less stigma around mental illness than there used to be, many people remain unsure about whether to share information about their ...

Managing stress and mental illness in the workplace  - Common mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety disorders, are the second leading cause of disability in Australia and affect around 20% of  ...

Mental illness in workplace costs companies millions each year -  Mental illness in the workplace costs companies millions each year‚ due to decreased productivity‚ poor quality of work and increased absenteeism.

Mental Illness in the Workplace : HUMAN TARGETS — In a must-read investigation, geographer Joel Wainwright uncovers how the military and US intelligence agencies are becoming increasingly reliant on academic geographers and GIS systems to help them target drone strikes and other ...

Dismissiveness of Mental Illness in the Workplace and Protections for Employees  - When we think of “ mental health” problems, many of us envision obvious symptoms. But mental health presents challenges precisely ...

Crippling workload: mental illness in the Australian workplace  -  Mental illness is now the main reason Australian workers take extended sick leave or become incapacitated. The costs are estimated to be close to ...

How do you deal with mental health problems in the workplace?  - She adds that mental illness “is like the situation used to be with gay rights. Like being in the closet, but mental illness is now the taboo instead”.

5 Ways to Promote Mental Health in the Workplace with Technology - Organizations are focusing on mental health as a critical employee benefit. Find out how technology can help cut through the stigma and roll out an intelligent solution. Mental illness can prove to be a silent destroyer of workplace productivity and employee happiness. US employers cough up between ...

Prevalence of poor mental health is higher in the workplace than in general population  - Mental health and mental illness have come out of the shadows and moved into Canadian living rooms and board rooms thanks to many awareness ...

5 tips for managing mental health issues in the workplace  - With mental illness on the rise in America, it's a matter of when — not if — employers will have to navigate the tricky maze of mental health  ...

Is your co-worker just obnoxious?  - According to the National Association of Mental Health in the USA, incidences of mental illness in the workplace are not uncommon. They report that ...

Millions of Americans work successfully with mental illness  -  Mental illness is among the least talked about issues in the workplace, experts say, but millions of Americans live and work successfully while dealing ...

Millions of Americans work successfully with mental illness  -  Mental illness is among the least talked about issues in the workplace, experts say, but millions of Americans live and work successfully while dealing ...

End mental health stigma, says partner  - He said that mental illness should be treated like any other illness in the workplace in order for it to be properly managed, and noted that a cancer ...

Mental illness : who's faking it?  - In recent years, awareness of mental health in the workplace has ramped up – and rightly so. An employee's job can often be a source of mental  ...

Mental illness still stigmatized in workplace  -  Mental health advocates point to studies that show people with mental illness have the highest rates of unemployment of all disabled and that half of  ...

New mental health 'bible' gets the thumbs down : Australia is set for a sharp rise in workplace mental health claims because of changes in how mental illness is defined, workplace experts and psychiatrists fear.