Mental distress

While mental health problems are common, most are relatively mild in their effects and are dealt with by family doctors and primary healthcare services without the need for professional psychiatric help. However, 15% to 20% of UK workers may have a mental health problem of some kind and while it is usually not associated with work, employers can play an important role in helping staff cope with psychological-wellbeing issues which will, in turn, enable them to stay in the workplace. There are several important strategies that can be implemented to reduce presenteeism and absenteeism assoc...