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Here’s How EAPs Can Take Workplace Mental Health Beyond Band-Aid Solutions Like Meditation Apps And…um… EAPs

 in EAPs, Workplace Mental Health Resources, Uncategorized, industrial organizational psychology

A recent survey by my distinguished colleagues at Lumity, Inc exposes some inconvenient truths about how employers approach workplace mental health.

One of the most perplexing findings:

92% of respondents believe mental and behavioral health influence productivity, but only 49% believe mental and behavioral health benefits are important for the bottom line of their business.

If this is correct, it suggests that many employers can’t connect the dots between productivity and profits  —  too weird!  —  or that they have little confidence in Continue reading »

Center for Workplace Mental Health – Website (US)

 in Workplace Mental Health Resources, -website

This American Psychiatric Association site “provides employers the tools, resources and information needed to promote and support the mental health of employees and their families.”

Though the site doesn’t significantly address primary prevention, APA’s Center for Workplace Mental Health site does cover important topics that have not yet been addressed on many other sites, such as:
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