Ministers have agreed to pilot a scheme to meet the costs of temporary replacement staff when workers with mental health problems need to take time off sick. Read the full article here
Mental distress, CBT and employment
The plans, which will make mental health treatment and particularly cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) central to the fight to get Britain back to work after the recession, will eventually see centres providing CBT set up around the country. Read the full article here
Jobless to be offered ‘talking treatment’ to help put Britain back to work
Jobless Britons are to be offered therapy to help them get back into work, under a “talking treatment” programme to be announced by the government over the next few weeks Read the full article here
Improving Job Quality In The UK
Employers are committed to improving the quality of jobs in the UK but lack guidance about how to achieve it. Read the full article here
Australian Government Releases National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy
oint Media Release with The Hon Bill Shorten MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services The Minister for Employment Participation, Senator Mark Arbib, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services, Bill Shorten, today announced the release of the Australian Government’s National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy. Read the full article here
NEED A JOB? PUT MENTAL ILLNESS ON THE RESUME
Okay, not for all jobs, but it apparently helps in academia. There’s a really interesting article in The Guardian: For academic researchers, mental illness can be an advantage . Read the full article here
Shrinking job market linked to adolescent mental ill health
A shrinking job market in recent decades may have contributed to rising rates of mental health problems among young people, suggests research. Read the full article here
Study finds job programs protect public health during periods of recession
Interesting article released by UCSF, University of Oxford, and London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine commenting on the affects on mental health of the current economic climate and how employment can mitigate against these. A rapid rise in unemployment can be linked to an increase in suicides, homicides, and alcohol abuse, but job programs [...]
