How making mental wellbeing a priority can lower healthcare costs
3 years, 7 months ago

How making mental wellbeing a priority can lower healthcare costs

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mental health Mental health may be considered an umbrella term for a continuum – with mental illness or disorder at one end and mental wellbeing at the other. Yet, mental wellbeing is predictive of physical health and longevity – for example better immune function, being more physically active, and faster recovery from physical illness – including cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and stroke. Each point increase in mental wellbeing for each person was associated with $43 less in healthcare costs, and $23 less in sickness benefit transfers. Our results indicate that increasing levels of mental wellbeing would, even over a short period of time, curb care costs for physical as well as mental illness.

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Why mental wellbeing must be our priority this year
3 years, 11 months ago

Why mental wellbeing must be our priority this year

Live Mint  

Early this week, I sat down to write on another key aspect of mental health. Such a vision will help nations promote mental wellbeing among their citizens, identify the at-risk population and possible triggers, and put in place effective preventive measures. As a preventive measure, organizations must also regularly assess work environments of their employees to identify possible triggers for …

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