This May, in honor of Mental Health Month, the first 70 community-based organizations in Massachusetts to register will receive access to an online mental health screening tool – at no cost!
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is teaming up with Screening for Mental Health, a local nonprofit, to offer this valuable programming for the months of May and June.
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Why Offer Online Screenings?
From a community standpoint – access to online mental health screenings strengthens connections between mental health professionals and the communities they serve.
- Screenings extend the reach of your programs and services by providing an easy, anonymous way for individuals to access a validated self-assessment and receive referral information.
- Screenings connect people who may not otherwise walk through your front door, to your services and programs.
- Screenings provide a valuable opportunity to showcase your programs, services and treatment resources to your community.
From a health benefits standpoint – access to online mental health screenings may actually decrease claim costs of employees.
- Research from the Health Enhancement Research Organization shows the claim costs of a depressed employee is 70 percent higher than those for a non-depressed employee.
- Research from a study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry revealed a depressed employee, on average, loses 32 workdays per year. This means a loss in productivity and increased absenteeism, disability leave and medical care that is estimated to cost employers $51 billion per year.
- Depression tends to affect people in their prime working years and may last a lifetime, if untreated.
Provide your employees AND your community with the tools they need to stay healthy and engaged!
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Please fill out this short survey or contact Sara Herman at [email protected] or at 781-239-0071.