REPORT: Corporate Strategies for Depression Reduces Costs

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News Intervention and appropriate treatment of depression reduces employer costs according to a new report by the Washington Business Group On Health and the National Institute Of Mental Health. The report, entitled "Depressions: Corporate Experiences And Innovations," features the strategies of seven companies to reduce the costs of employees suffering from untreated depression. One of the companies, Pacific Bell, instituted a policy to use psychiatric nurses to manage mental disability cases. This policy resulted in a 25% in the average disability duration. The early intervention program of First National . . .