Fighting Depression Can Improve Productivity Making sure that employees suffering from depression have access to high quality care is not only the right thing to doit makes good business sense.
Research suggests that depression costs U.S. employers tens of billions of dollars in lost work time and reduced productivity each year.
Corporate efforts to reduce the stigma associated with the disease and provide support for depressed employees create a work culture that fosters creativity, self-management, teamwork and sense of respect for the needs of employees.
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