Barriers exist despite better workplace mental health support

Despite ongoing developments on the market to provide better support for sufferers of mental health problems in the workplace - including, for example, Bupa's recent Business Mental Health Advantage and Aviva's new Optimum policy - nurse service RedArc has listed nine reasons why employees still might struggle to seek assistance from their employer. These include: Confidentiality - fear that disclosure to a third party such as an insurer, employee assistance programme (EAP) or mental health worker will be shared with the HR department. Privacy - uneasiness about making private pho...