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Behavioral and Mental Health
Dr. Larry Luter, Meritain Health Chief Medical Officer, discusses the prevalence of behavioral and mental health conditions in the workplace and the significant impact these conditions have on the corporate bottom line.
What you'll gain by tuning in:
- You'll discover that one out of every four adults today experiences a diagnosable mental health condition such as anxiety and depression; these conditions are just as prevalent in the workplace, having an impact on absenteeism, presenteeism and productivity.
- You'll learn that many employers have mental health employee assistance programs, but the programs are under-utilized for several reasons: employers don't effectively communicate the programs to employees, the stigma surrounding mental health makes people unwilling to discuss it, and employees are not educated enough about mental health to know when they need help.
- You'll realize that employers need to note symptoms of mental health issues among their employees, although this can be difficult because the symptoms of mental health conditions, such as change in appetite, change in sleep cycle, physical symptoms like back pain, intestinal distress and fatigue, may appear to be something else entirely.
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Every day brings new opportunities to stop escalating healthcare costs. Through the Healthy Meritssm program, Meritain Health can customize a wellness program that meets the needs of your employee population. "I would encourage anyone who doesn't quite understand how to do this to call, to ask, to realize that there are some folks out there who don't just offer you the standard stuff. If you continue to do what you've always done, the results are expected to be basically the same -- I don't think anyone wants that. [At Meritain Health] we can do it better." - Dr. Larry Luter
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