Mental Health in the Workplace

Colleagues at work seldom discuss mental health issues. Mental illness is a stigma, a sign of weakness, a possible trigger to get fired. Yet five of the top ten causes of disability are mental problems.  As we speak, about 20% of working adults are struggling with mental health problems. How can employers and employees cooperate to improve mental health at work? How should we handle the confidentiality of mental health problems, especially when the work concerns public safety? Here to tell us more about mental health at work are Dr Johnben Loy, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Dr Rabin Gonzaga, Consultant Psychiatrist.