Mental health is everyone’s business ...
... individuals, families, employers, educators and communities all need to play their part.
Good mental health and resilience are fundamental to our physical health, our relationships, our education, our training, our work and to achieving our potential.
There is no health without mental health¹.
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 As individuals we respond differently to daily stresses and strains of life, and to the more significant blows we are sometimes dealt. It has been reported that as many as one in six adults have a mental health condition at any one time¹; so how do we stay present and find peace and purpose in this frantic world? | Let’s talk business…
 In the working age population as many as one in three people have mental health difficulties at any one time².
In 2013 stress, anxiety and depression resulted in 15.2 million days lost³ and the cost to British business was estimated to be £26 billion – that’s equivalent to £1035 per employee⁴. Can anyone afford that?
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¹ HM Government, Department of Health. No Health Without Mental Health. Department of Health 2011.
² Health, Work and Wellbeing. Working our way to better mental health: A framework for action. Dept for Work & Pensions and Dept of Health 2009.
³Office for National Statistics. Sickness absence in the labour market. 2014.
⁴ Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. Mental health at work: Developing the business case. 2007.
