In terms of the movement of presenteeism to absenteeism, depression is estimated to be a primary factor in about 6% to 7% of UnumProvident's short-term disability STD claims. Depression also shows up as a strong determining factor for job performance. It also was described as causing the highest average self-reported...
Depression is a disorder with high prevalence in primary health care and a significant burden of illness. The delivery of health care for depression, as well as other chronic illnesses, has been criticized for several reasons and new strategies to address the needs of these illnesses have been advocated. Case...
The incentives, value, and leadership components evaluate and implement strategies for financing and sustaining use of clinical best practices despite barriers created by economic and organizational structures that fragment behavioral and general health care. The paper outlines that a challenge for policymakers is how to link depression care with the...
Depression among mothers in the months after delivery has surfaced as an important maternal and child health concern. This paper presents data from three states which indicate that nearly 12% of women reported being moderately depressed after they delivered their baby, and 6% reported being very depressed after delivery. In...
Depression is one of the most common and costly brain diseases, afflicting 18.8 million adults in the United States each year?that's 10 percent of the country's population over the age of 18. The disease exacts an enormous toll on individuals, families, and workplaces. Depressed people feel intensely sad and worthless...
Almost everyone agrees that depression is a disease that endangers millions of lives and livelihoods. It also costs businesses billions of dollars each year. But what should business do about its treatment? One approach which is favored is "talk therapy" and medication with antidepressants, while the other relies on treatment...
Depression is a somewhat negative feeling triggered by reactions to bad events occurred in the past. It creeps in individuals and affects their state of mind. Under a state of depression, an individual cannot concentrate on work at hand. Depression in an employee at the workplace costs dearly to the...
This paper is the first in a series on Behavioral Health Disability provided for one's reference by UnumProvident, the leader in income protection and an innovator in returning people to work. Each paper will focus on providing practical information and guidance to assist employers in working with employees who incur...
The American Association of Health Plans' AAHP publication, Current Issues Report: Approaches to Depression Care, illustrates that the member health plans are applying the hallmarks mentioned above?with equal success?in the area of behavioral health, specifically depression. This publication, Ten Key Questions, is based on that work. Across the nation, health...
The report highlights health plan's thoughtful and wide-ranging approaches to this common disease, which affects approximately ten percent of the U.S. population at any given time. Because health plans provide the health care for most Americans, (approx. 68% of the population), they have a strong commitment to improve the recognition,...
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