Employment

The OpenMindsOpenDoors campaign seeks to educate employers and employees on mental health issues and eliminate the stigma and discriminate that exist.

Securing and sustaining meaningful employment is obviously beneficial to the person who has a mental illness. What may be less obvious is that including these individuals in the workforce can be tremendously beneficial to the companies employing them. Each year, American businesses lose $70 billion in productivity and absenteeism due to untreated mental health disorders. At the same time experts acknowledge that work is a key factor in supporting mental wellness and warding off mental illness.

Many thanks to the Mental Health Works campaign for much of their information on this important issue.