Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
E-Update, February 2007
PARTNERSHIP NEWS
- A Mentally Healthy Workforce-It's Good for Business. Most employers know that a mentally healthy
workforce is linked to lower medical costs, as well as less absenteeism and presenteeism. What employers may not
know, however, is how to get from A to B: How does a company change a mentally unhealthy workplace - or a
marginally healthy one - to a healthy workplace? Where does it start? The Partnership provides insight into that
question with its just-released publication, A Mentally Healthy Workforce-It's Good for Business.
Visit the Partnership's homepage at www.workplacementalhealth.org
to download your copy.
- New Issue of Mental HealthWorks available
Through your affiliation with the Partnership, we are pleased to offer you the opportunity to share our free quarterly newsletter with your colleagues. Visit www.workplacementalhealth.org to download a PDF of the Mental HealthWorks newsletter, or email mhw@psych.org to be placed on the email or print subscription list. Our latest issue includes stories on:
- American Airlines Soars with Integrated Disability Program
- STAR*D Final Results
- Enhanced vs Usual Treatment
- New Depression Calculator
- Half of U.S. Presidents Met Criteria for Psychiatric Illness
Mental HealthWorks is a free quarterly publication of the Partnership and the APA
- Save the Date - DMEC 2nd Annual Behavioral Risk in the Workplace Conference
March 29 & 30, 2007
Long Beach Marriott, Long Beach CA.
Behavioral Risk: An Emerging Employer Trend
Learn key concepts from leading employers and professionals on preventing and minimizing the effects of behavioral factors on disability, absence, productivity, and presenteeism in the workplace. To obtain additional information on the conference program, sessions, schedule, or to register, visit http://www.dmec.org/ or call (800) 789-3632. - Depression Calculator Version 3.0 Now Available. First introduced in June 2004, the Depression Calculator gives
employers an estimate of the cost of depression and projects the company's savings if depressed employees receive treatment.
The results are personalized for individual companies based on company size, type of industry, location, and age/gender breakdown.
Version 3.0 has been updated to include the latest research. Visit
www.depressioncalculator.org or the Partnership homepage for more information. The Depression Calculator is a product of
the HSM Group, Ltd., and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA).
- Are You a Workaholic? Alan Langlieb, MD, MPH, MBA, chairman of the American Psychiatric Association's Committee
on Business Relations, shares his views on how to spot a workaholic in a recent Wall Street Journal article, "Five Signals That You
May Be a Workaholic."
Read the article in its entirety here. - The APA and HealthyMinds Celebrate Women's Mental Health. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is pleased to
celebrate March 2007 as Women's History Month. Mental illnesses can affect women at any time regardless of age,
race or income. Women may experience mental illnesses differently than men - some disorders are more common in
women, and can express themselves with different symptoms.
For more information on women's mental health, visit www.healthyminds.org - New Let's Talk Facts brochures available from the American Psychiatric Association. Let's Talk Facts brochures are designed to improve
mental health by promoting informed factual discussion of psychiatric disorders and their treatments. New material is available to share
with your employees on the following topics of:
- Seasonal Affective Disorder
- College Students and Alcohol Abuse
- Psychiatric Dimensions of HIV and AIDS
- Panic Disorder
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
For more information on how to download or order print copies of these brochures please visit http://www.healthyminds.org/letstalkfacts.cfm#alc
Thank you for your continued interest in the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health. If you have any questions, or you wish not to receive these updates, please e-mail Mary Claire Leftwich at mleftwich@psych.org. Visit www.workplacementalhealth.org or call 703-907-8561 for more information.