Today’s Democrat and Chronicle reports what many have been saying for some time. Depression is up in the workplace. They quoted a report from the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, where Harvard researchers used data from dozens of previous studies to simulate expenses for a group of 40 year old workers who suffer from depression. 
Researchers' recommendation was for employers to help depressed workers more. They reported that offering a basic level of care to depressed workers would lead to a cumulative saving to employers of $2,898 per 1000 employees over five years.
Maybe now that the researchers have quantified the benefits of supporting workers in difficulty, employers will step forward with help. Seems to me that, even without programs to help stressed workers, most workplaces could be more conducive to preventing stress among a firm’s workers. What do you think?
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