Clinical perspective on workplace mental health, from the CorpCARE team.
Digital mental health is having a moment - AI chatbots, symptom-tracking apps, algorithmic "therapy." The promise is seductive: scalable, always-available, low-cost mental health support for everyone. Some of it is…
"We offer mental health days" has become a common line in job postings and benefits summaries. It sounds progressive, and a day off can genuinely help. But somewhere along the way, "mental health days" got mistaken for…
For years, the shortage of psychiatrists was framed as a public health issue - a problem for governments and health systems to solve. That framing is now obsolete. The psychiatrist shortage has become a direct,…
We've built health systems, benefits plans, and workplace programs that treat mental and physical health as separate domains. The body over here, the mind over there. But the science - and common sense - says they're…
Employers spend a lot on mental health support based on assumptions about what employees want. Sometimes those assumptions are right; often they're not. When you actually ask employees, a fairly consistent - and…
Here's a trend every employer should sit with: as stigma around mental health falls, demand for mental health care rises - often faster than programs are built to handle. This is a good problem, a sign that cultural…
Construction and the trades carry some of the highest suicide rates of any sector. This is a business and safety issue, not just a personal one - and employers have real levers to pull.
The 'tough it out' culture on job sites suppresses help-seeking and quietly drives absenteeism, turnover, and safety incidents. Here's the real cost to blue-collar employers - and what medical care changes.