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Investing in depressed employees — quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy — can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.
Many employers view mental health coverage as a financial black hole, but the study shows that spending money on depression is a smart business move, said researcher Dr. Philip Wang. Wang works for the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study.
Employees who got the aggressive intervention worked on average about two weeks more during the yearlong study than those who got the usual care — advice to see their doctor or seek a mental health specialist.
Also, more workers in the intervention group were still employed by year's end — 93 percent vs. 88 percent — savings that helped employers avoid hiring and training costs, the researchers said.
In addition, intervention employees were almost 40 percent more likely to recover from depression during the yearlong study, which is reported in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
"the study shows that spending money on depression is a smart business move, said researcher Dr. Philip Wang. Wang works for the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study."
Let's see now John, the study was funded by a Mental Health Ass'n, would you bet your career on it being objective???
Investing in depressed employees — quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy — can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.
Many employers view mental health coverage as a financial black hole, but the study shows that spending money on depression is a smart business move, said researcher Dr. Philip Wang. Wang works for the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study.
Employees who got the aggressive intervention worked on average about two weeks more during the yearlong study than those who got the usual care — advice to see their doctor or seek a mental health specialist.
Also, more workers in the intervention group were still employed by year's end — 93 percent vs. 88 percent — savings that helped employers avoid hiring and training costs, the researchers said.
In addition, intervention employees were almost 40 percent more likely to recover from depression during the yearlong study, which is reported in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
Sorry but while its all "happy feelings" with employees, a depressed employee is usually a bad employee and before employers find out that an employee is depressed, they are usually fired. Just the way it is.
Investing in depressed employees — quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy — can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.
Many employers view mental health coverage as a financial black hole, but the study shows that spending money on depression is a smart business move, said researcher Dr. Philip Wang. Wang works for the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study.
Employees who got the aggressive intervention worked on average about two weeks more during the yearlong study than those who got the usual care — advice to see their doctor or seek a mental health specialist.
Also, more workers in the intervention group were still employed by year's end — 93 percent vs. 88 percent — savings that helped employers avoid hiring and training costs, the researchers said.
In addition, intervention employees were almost 40 percent more likely to recover from depression during the yearlong study, which is reported in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
How wonderful! A friend of mine quite a few years ago had a company-paid shrink they were "encouraged" to go to. Oh, yeah, that'd be the first place I'd go and depend on confidentiality. Gimme a break!
Well if they're not generally unhappy but unhappy for a reason to do with work then ideally the employee would find out why and if sort it out. Something like LetsRateThem.com - Making work better (broken link)
Phillip Wang is actually a professor at Harvard Medical School. The study was funded by NIMH through a grant.
The study didn't rate happiness at all, but major depression. Happiness is a mood, but the majore depression in this study is a medical condition. Many employers do not extend mental health benefits to their employees and this study was to see if the cost of providing mental health benefits would be outweighed by an increase in productivity and a decrease in absenteeism. The study showed that it seems to.
The kind of coverage is no different than your health care coverage - your visits are covered by insurance. You're not going to some company shrink.
This study wasn't looking in to people that were merely unhappy. This was about major clinical depression.
Maybe if these companies would have reasonable bosses, their employees wouldn't be so stressed or depressed.
I think the depression thing is overrated like ADD in kids. I think a lot of people are unhappy with bad work environments or overloaded with too much work and not enough time to find themselves.
A depressed employeee rarely get along with others ;cause problems for others and can be downright dangerous at times. Otherwise the employeee would get help for his/her self.Better a family member if not because you can force a employeee to get help in the end.
Maybe if these companies would have reasonable bosses, their employees wouldn't be so stressed or depressed.
I think the depression thing is overrated like ADD in kids. I think a lot of people are unhappy with bad work environments or overloaded with too much work and not enough time to find themselves.
That's not the kind of depression in the study. The study is looking at clinical depression, which is not a result of pointy-haired bosses but is a medical condition.
Also, the study isn't about forcing people to get help for depression but about why it makes sense for company health insurance to include mental health benefits.
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