Stress in the workplace. A short synopsis of our recent blog series on stress in the workplace and the financial impact.

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Stress in the Workplace Blog Series
Over the past few years, awareness has grown
significantly about stress in the workplace. Ask
any employee – at any company – and at any
position if they have ever felt stressed on the
job and they will tell you unequivocally, “yes.”
Costs associated with occupational injury and
mental health disorders exceed the costs to
treat cancer, diabetes, and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease combine
Read full blog post here: Why employers need
to pay more attention to stressed-out
employees

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Stress in the Workplace Blog Series
Read full blog post here: Employee stress and
mental health issues – what are they costing
your business?
$317.5 billion – it’s a figure that gets
employers to sit up and take notice. According
to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), this is the total for direct and
indirect costs of treating mental health
disorders annually. Numbers like this – and the
growing interest after our “stress in the
workplace” post in April – prompted us to dig a
little deeper on the topic.

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Stress in the Workplace Blog Series
Read full blog post here: Mental health
prescriptions pose workplace worries.
Opioids can be very dangerous when
combined with other medications to treat
anxiety, depression and sleep disorders, and
patients must understand the risks. Physicians
rarely take adequate time to explain all the
risks, and the dos and don’ts associated with
these medications.

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Stress in the Workplace Blog Series
Read full blog post here: Mental health
prescriptions pose workplace worries.
Opioids can be very dangerous when
combined with other medications to treat
anxiety, depression and sleep disorders, and
patients must understand the risks. Physicians
rarely take adequate time to explain all the
risks, and the dos and don’ts associated with
these medications.

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Stress in the Workplace Blog Series
Read full blog post here: Stress,
mental health issues and workplace
injuries and illnesses – a look at the
impact.
UIC researchers identified three key areas for
employer initiatives. With National Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day
approaching on June 27, we would like to build
on their recommendations by offering some
thoughts for additional actions employers can
take – using available resources and
medical/disability data – to mitigate the
impact of lost productivity and presenteeism
from stress and other mental health illnesses.
We also encourage employers to develop
initiatives that cross internal silos to share
information and health intervention strategies
for occupational and non-occupational injury
and illness. Integration can vastly improve
results in addressing this issue.

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