Employers fear rise in mental health problems
David Woods, 11 August 2008
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1 comment on this article.Employers have been warned that worsening economic difficulties brought about by the credit crunch could lead to a sharp increase in mental health conditions.
Tim Cooper, managing director of charity Shaw Trust, says employees will find the dual strain of household bills and increasing pressures to meet targets at work difficult to cope with.
He said: "Any one of these concerns are likely to increase stress levels, but combined they will almost certainly result in a stark increase in anxiety, which can in turn act as a trigger for a variety of mental health conditions.
He added: "Employers can help by being aware of the early warning signs and creating a more relaxed atmosphere at work to help ease some of their worries."
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Angela Evans - 11 August 2008
The problem seems to be that so many companies are cutting back by making redundancies, that they are creating pressure by increasing employees workloads. This coupled with the ever increasing credit crunch problem is sure to make some employees stressed, leading to mental health problems on a longer term basis.
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