Here is a list of resources to help increase your knowledge and knowhow relating to employee mental health.
- BAD FOR BUSINESS: The Business Case for Overcoming Mental Illness Stigma in the Workplace (Prepared by NAMI Massachusetts)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Alliance on Mental Illness – Massachusetts
- NAMI Mass Survey – “Measuring Stigma Toward Mental Illness” (Marttila Strategies, 2014)
- HeadsUp.org
- Superfriend.com.au
- Promoting Positive Menta Health in the Workplace Guidelines for organisations
- StampOutStigma.org
- Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
- Accommodating Mental Illness in the Workplace, (SAMHSA News)
- Patrick W. Corrigan – Professor of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology and Principal Investigator of the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research
- Business Horizons: “How Managers Can Lower Mental Illness Costs By Reducing Stigma” Corrigan, Betsy D. Gelb
- “Changing Stigmatizing Perceptions and Recollections About Mental Illness: The Effects of NAMI’s In Our Own Voice”Corrigan, Rafacz, Hautamaki, Walton, Rusch, Rao, Doyle, O’Brien, Pryor, Reeder
- Clinical Psychology Review: “Measuring the Impact of Programs That Challenge the Public Stigma of Mental Illness” Corrigan, Shapiro
- “Changing Mental Illness Stigma As It Exists In The Real World” Corrigan, O’Shaughnessy
- Investment in Social Marketing Campaign to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination Associated with Mental Illness Yields Positive Economic Benefits to California, RAND Study, by J. Scott Ashwood, Brian Briscombe, Rebecca L. Collins, Eunice C. Wong, Nicole K. Eberhart, Jennifer L. Cerully, Elizabeth May, Elizabeth Roth, M. Audrey Burnam
- Why Employers Need To Talk About Mental Illness In The Workplace (Huffington Post 3-part series on mental health and mental illness in the workplace)
- MarketWatch: “Millions of Americans work successfully with mental illness”, Quentin Fottrell
- Forbes: “Why Business Is Finally Talking About MentalHealth At The Top”, Rose Jacobs
- Harvard Business Reviews:“Why I Hired an Executive with a Mental Illness”, Rob Lachenauer
- The Center for Reintegration: Mental Illness and the Workplace
- Breaking the Silence: “Parents’ Experiences of Courtesy Stigmatization in the Workplace”, Eileen M. Brennan, Julie M. Rosenzweig, Anna M. Malsch
- Society for Human Resource Management: “Accommodating Mental Illness”, Dori Meinert
- Health Day: “Stigma Keeps Employees From Admitting to a Mental Illness: Study”, Robert Preidt
- Applied and Preventive Psychology: “Reducing The Stigma of Mental Health Disorders At Work: a review of current work anti-stigma intervention programs”, Andrew C.H. Szeto, et al.
- RN: “Crippling Workload: Mental Illness in the Australian Workplace”, Di Martin
- World Health Organizations, (2012), Depression Fact Sheet
- HR Leadership Forum to Target Depression in the Workplace, (2014). “Depression in the Workplace in Europe: A Report Featuring New Insights From Business Leaders.”
- Integrated Benefits Institute, 2009, “The Full Costs of Depression in the Workforce”
- JAMA, 290 (16) “Cost of Lost Productive Work Time Among US Workers with Depression”, Stewart, W.F., et. al.
- Mental Illness and the Workplace: Lifting the Stigma
- Policy in Practice: How companies can address mental health
- Financial Times: “Breaking the culture of silence on mental health issues”
- Standard Insurance Company:“Behavioral Health and the Workplace: Productivity: Productivity Costs and Solutions.”
- US News: “Mental Health: A New Priority in Corporate America”
- Huffington Post: “Corporate Push to End the Stigma of Mental Illness”
- Care for your mind: “Good Business Cents: Mental Health in the Workplace”
- Depression Costs U.S. Workplaces $23 Billion in Absenteeism by Dan Witters, Diana Liu, and Sangeeta Agrawal
- World Federation for Mental Health Report: “Depression in the workplace”
- What bosses can do about mental health in the workplace by Thea O’Connor, InTheBlack.com
- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are spearheading a new campaign to end stigma around mental health in the UK.
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What are:
- AD/HD in Adults
- Anxiety Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Schizophrenia
- Stress
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Finding Support
- Living with a Mental Health Condition
- Family Members and Caregivers
- U.S. federal government website for information on disability programs and services nationwide
- Job Accomodation Network
- Resource Guide for Employers
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