Monday 21 October 2013

Workplace depression rise warning from Welsh mental health experts

Economic woes have fuelled rise in mental health issues among Welsh workers
Conwy and Denbighshire Advocacy in North Wales











A steep rise in work-related depression has been fuelled by downsizing firms leaving fewer people doing more work, experts have claimed.
A world away from the trivial rigours of the “Monday blues”, law firms, charities and politicians suggest the worst recession since World War II fuelled a mental health crisis as employees left behind after mass redundancies buckled under heavier workloads.
Plaid Cymru AM Bethan Jenkins, who has fought her own battle with depression, believes Wales’ troubled mental health at work could get worse still as the public sector, still one of the nation’s largest employers, struggles to absorb ongoing cuts.........
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