Stress can be harmful to our health and increase mental health challenges
Mental health challenges can include clinical mental illness and substance-use disorders, as well as other emotions like stress, grief, sadness, and anxiety, where these feelings are temporary and not part of a diagnosable condition.
While there are many things in life that induce stress, work can be one of these factors.
However, workplaces can also be a key place for resources, solutions, and activities designed to improve our mental health and well-being.
Workplace stress and poor mental health can
negatively affect workers through:
Job performance.
Productivity.
Work engagement and communication.
Physical capability and daily functioning.
Statistics:
Nearly one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness.
Workplace stress has been reported to cause 120,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.
Approximately 65% of U.S. workers surveyed have characterized work as being a very significant or somewhat significant source of stress in
each year from 2019-2021.
83% of U.S. workers suffer from work-related stress.
54% of workers report that work stress affects their home life.
For every $1 spent on ordinary mental health concerns, employers see a $4 return in productivity gains.
