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MEETING THE NEEDS OF EMPLOYEE MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Sarah Baldry , VP of People at Wysa , illuminates the transformative potential of placing employee mental well-being in the hands of companies through the integration of HR-supported mental health tools . These tools , offering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ( CBT ) exercises and assessments , signify a proactive stance towards nurturing a supportive workplace culture .
We spend the majority of our waking lives at work . And the psychosocial factors of our working environment on an individual ’ s health and well-being are well documented . Employers play a pivotal role in supporting their workers with mental health , and it ’ s much needed , as research from Wysa found that a third of UK employees have clinically significant anxiety and / or depression . But of those people needing some kind of clinical intervention , half half haven ’ t spoken to a
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