CNBC (9/27, LaVito) reports data from Aetna Behavioral Health show that the amount spent by employers on mental health “has been rising at a rapid clip – with annual costs increasing twice as fast as all other medical expenses in recent years.” Darcy Gruttadaro, director of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation’s Center for Workplace Mental Health, said, “We all have a point at which stress can creep into negatively impacting our overall health and wellness,” and “employers are increasingly recognizing … the importance of taking care of health, well-being and mental health, and also the role stress, isolation, loneliness and some of these other factors can play in overall mental health and well-being.”
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— “Anxiety is expensive: Employee mental health costs rise twice as fast as all other medical expenses, “Angelica LaVito, CNBC, September 27, 2018.