Thursday, September 11, 2003

Managers lack mental health knowledge (UK)
Brief item at Croner Human Resources Centre - "A growing number of employees suffer from mental health problems and managers are unable to help them, according to a new survey by The Work Foundation. The survey was published to mark the launch of a resource pack for line managers on mental health in the workplace. Whilst almost half of employees would turn to their bosses for advice if they had a mental health problem few believed their bosses could help them and 66% of managers rated themselves as learners or novices on the subject of mental health. Three quarters of managers felt their organisations did not have adequate policies or procedures to deal with such problems."