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BOTTOM LINE IMPACT: MENTAL HEALTH
• The annual cost of mental illness is about $79 billion.
– Some $63 billion is due to lost productivity in the workplace because of absenteeism and presenteeism.
• One in four U.S. adults will have a mental illness this year, and one in two will have one within their lifetime.
– That affects 25 percent to 50 percent of our employee population! Many family members will be impacted as well.
• Less than 33 percent of those with a mental health issue get help.
• Up to 90 percent of those that do get help are able to reduce symptoms greatly.
Sources: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Institute of Mental Health
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FROM STIGMA TO ACCEPTANCE
False beliefs and assumptions about mental illness can cause significant problems…
• Lack of understanding / support
• Discrimination
• Stability
• Harassment
• Loss of hope
While mental illness is a common health condition, it can be difficult to come to terms with or talk about. We want to change that.
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STAMP OUT STIGMA (S.O.S.) CAMPAIGN
• Mission: to defeat the obstruction of mental illness stigma and increase health-seeking behaviors.
• The Three Rs help successfully Stamp Out Stigma:
– Recognize the high prevalence of mental health conditions, the signs, the barrier to care that stigma creates.
– Reeducate yourself and others on the topic; there is help and there is hope.
– Reduce stigma, misunderstandings, bullying, insensitivity. Reduce hesitation to seeking care.
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NEXT STEPS
• Allocate funding and form a small program workgroup.
• Review sample materials ValueOptions® has provided and develop communication plan.
• Order wristbands to show support for the campaign and to start the conversation.
• Rollout the program with announcement from senior leadership.
• Commit to sustaining the campaign and keeping the conversations going.