What do the San Francisco Giants, Shell Oil, and the U.S. Department of Justice have in common?
Each year, thousands of employees show up at the office, yet have difficulty carrying out their duties due to symptoms of an undiagnosed and untreated mental illness. As a result, many employers—including Fortune 500 companies, federal agencies, universities, and even major sports teams—have taken steps to educate their workers about mental illness and create healthy working environments with the Workplace Response Program. The program is a seven-year-old initiative of Screening for Mental Health Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Wellesley Hills, Mass., which coordinates National Depression Screening Day and other nationwide mental health screening initiatives each year. According to Workplace Response Program Director Nancy Vineburgh, some major employers who have adopted the screening include Dow Chemical, Dupont, Chevron/Texaco, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the San Francisco Giants. “Employers are using this program to educate employers about mental illness and are simu
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