The importance of ‘Mental Health at Work’
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Almost 60 percent of the world population works at a job, but with 15 percent of working-age adults estimated to have a mental disorder, some say action from the government, employers, and businesses is needed to reduce risks and damage to mental health, and not only that, but protect and support it.
That’s why on World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10), the World Health Organization chose ‘Mental Health at Work’ as the theme for discussion and awareness.
In Canada alone, close to 30 percent of short term and long-term disability claims are attributed to mental health and 70 percent of Canadian employees are concerned about the psychological health and safety of their workplace. Another 14 percent don’t think their workplace is healthy or safe at all. These details were released by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
The economic cost of mental health issues in the Canadian economy is more than $50 billion a year and globally, an estimated 12 billion working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety at a cost of US$ 1 trillion in lost productivity.
