How Mental Health Influences the Workplace
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The Domino Effect
How Mental Health Influences the Workplace
Elenie Savvoulides, Morana Francois
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
What Is Mental Health?
An umbrella term for emotional, social, and psychological well-being.
“It affects how we think, feel, and act.” 1
“Helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.” 1
How Does Mental Health Influence the Workplace?
Work Productivity
Availability & Sick Days
Overall Performance
Turnover Rates
Job Security and Insecurity
Costs; lost profits, expenses
The practice of mental health in the workplace, whether good or bad, does not only effect the individual, but the workplace overall.
Risk Factors that Contribute to Poor Mental Health Outcomes
Good Mental Health Practices in the Workplace
Calm, Controlled and Stress-free Environment
Ensuring Proper Employee Training
Wellness Programs and Memberships
Interaction and Positive Feedback, kindness
Manager, supervisor regularly assesses workload
Acknowledgment, open office for communication
Promotions and Opportunities for Growth
Bad Mental Health Practices can leave a person feeling physically, emotionally and spiritually drained.
Toxic Work Culture and Environment
Yelling, shouting, blaming
Poor Leadership; no direction, poor training
Feeling Burnt Out
No work-life balance
References
Biological, physiological and social risk factors are all interlinked.
These data, presented by RAND. 3 represents a comprehensive analysis of mental wellness in the workplace that contributed to a reduction in costs - in those who participated. Statistical analyses predict over the next five years a trend toward lower health care costs and decreasing health care use by an annual difference to be $157 .
| Physical health Culture; upbringing Family, problems at home Illness(es), disease(s) Unhealthy diet Lack of physical activity Lack of communication | Anxiety Personality Stress; personal and professional Salary; financial burdens Substance abuse Environment |
| 1 “What Is Mental Health?” Weblink. https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics/what-is-mental-health 2 Djurovic, Ana. “23+ Workplace Wellness Statistics for Better Employees.” Goremotely, https://goremotely.net/blog/workplace-wellness. 3 RAND Health, “Workplace wellness programs study, finaly report.” PDF 4 Heinz, Kate. “The Do's and Don'ts of Creating a Positive Work Culture.” Built In, 4 May 2021, https://builtin.com/company-culture/positive-work-culture 5 | Images https://static.vecteezy.com/system/resources/previews/000/542/460/original/mental-health-illustration-vector.jpg https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/GettyImages-923039610.jpg https://res.cloudinary.com/jerrick/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto/xoami78xjnblr1o3bgec.jpg |
Estimated Cumulative Effect of Wellness Program Participation on Total Monthly Medical Costs:
Disengaged employees cost companies up to $550 billion each year.
Company health wellbeing programs result in an 11% in revenue generated per employee per year.
For every dollar spent on an employee wellness program, $3.3 is saved in healthcare costs.
Companies with workplace wellness programs in place report a 66% productivity increase
- Statistics Provided by: Ana Djurovic, GoRemotely 2
Statistical data provided by: Shaun Sutner, News Director 5
These data highlight how positive mental health, provided by employer engagement, effects the overall work and wellness of the employees, staff.
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