Employer call to action What businesses and policy leaders can do to better address economic, emotional burden of depression in the workplace 1. KNOW WHERE YOUR DOLLARS ARE GOING Have a clear ...
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Depression mental note
More than mood swings, clinical depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain. It creates changes in mood, cognition, physical well-being and behavior. Depression can be triggered by ...
Healthy workforce
A strong workforce—a ready pool of well-trained and educated employees healthy in mind, body and spirit—gives Wisconsin its competitive edge in a global economy. While our workforce is among the ...
Employee depression
How employee depression affects the bottom line As employers seek better ways to maximize workforce productivity and company-sponsored health benefits, considering the role of depression is ...
Employer health benefits
Milestone report A new groundbreaking report released in Dec. 2005 is a road map employers can use to examine current services and develop contracting requirements for effective behavioral health ...
Return on investment
Equalized coverage for behavioral health Correlation between employer costs and equalized coverage Do insurance costs skyrocket with equalized health benefits coverage? No, says a 2006 research ...
Workplace depression
Depressed workers lose about 5.6 hours of productive time on the job each week, compared with 1.5 hours for workers who are not depressed, according to a June 2003 report in the Journal of the ...
Hurricane’s wake
Suicides triple in wake of Hurricane Katrina The emotional effects of seeing homes, neighborhoods and lives destroyed continue to plague residents of the Gulf Coast more than a year after the ...
Underdiagnosed, undertreated
FACT: Depression is not normal. It is a serious and potentially life-threatening illness with estimated costs of $44 billion annually in the U.S. FACT: Depression is a disorder that, much like ...
