Key research findings

Employers badly underestimate the extent to which employees and fellow managers are suffering from stress, anxiety, depression and other forms of mental Ill health.
The cost of mental ill health to businesses is as much as nine billion pounds in salary, with a further unknown cost in terms of lost time and productivity.
Most companies don't have effective policies to deal with employee's mental health and don't know enough about their legal position.
Most companies don't have effective provision to identify and manage mental health in the workplace.
Workplace attitudes indicate widespread discrimination towards people with mental ill health, although this may not be conscious or intentional.
The majority of directors believe industry needs significantly more support to deal with mental health in the workplace.

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