Forbes October 18, 2019
October 10 was World Mental Health Day, but every day should be mental health day in the workplace. This month offers an opportunity to raise awareness of worldwide mental health issues and actions that we can all take. Studies are consistently showing that mental wellness needs are not being addressed in today’s global market. A recent study found that 75% of Gen-Z employees said they left their jobs for mental health reasons.
One of the core features of mental health disorders, such as recurrent depression, is that patients are not always aware of how sick they are or how their disorder impacts their behaviors. Left untreated or unrecognized, depression often worsens and can have severe consequences. For example, in the...