A CIPD/Mind study has shown that only 2 out of every 5 employees say would feel confident about disclosing a mental health problem to their employer and only 1 in 4 respondents say their organisation encourages staff to talk openly about mental health problems.
More than a quarter (26 per cent) said they had experienced a mental health problem while in employment, with women (31 per cent) more likely to say this than men (22 per cent).
Only a third of respondents say their employer supports employees with mental health problems well, while 21 per cent said that it did it badly and 31 per cent said they did not know what support was available.
Stress is the number one cause of long-term sickness absence, but it is not just time lost to absence which impacts on the bottom line.
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