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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mental illness exacts a toll on U.S. businesses and institutions, study finds

Published in Genetics and Environmental Business Week, December 1st, 2005

A study led by a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine psychiatrist highlights the toll anxiety and depressive disorders exact on workplace performance and profits and points to employer-guaranteed specialized psychiatric care as both cost effective and humane.

According to the Hopkins report in a recent issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, employees with anxiety and depressive disorders work fewer hours, are more likely to end up on disability, and are less productive than their counterpart employees.

The study further shows that anxiety and/or depression complicate other medical conditions and seem to have a...

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