|
|
Article: INTEREST IN MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT GROWS
- Article from:
- Rough Notes
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Rough Notes Co., Inc. Jul 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
As employers recognize benefits of mental health insurance, agents have opportunity to educate
Employees whisper about it at the water cooler. People who need it sometimes pretend they don't. Too few seek out help.
That's how the workplace used to regard mental health benefits payable under employer-based health insurance plans and workplace counseling benefits such as Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs).
And, as a result, many individuals who needed help never got it. Untreated minor concerns blossomed into expensive psychiatric residential treatment, say mental health experts.
The stigma of mental health treatment, however, may be disappearing and with it, employers' reluctance to add ...