Commenting on the study, human resources expert, Rana Al-Kilani, said in an interview with "Sky News Arabia":
- The World Health Organization figures that the world loses 12 billion working days a year, due to mental health disorders of employees and workers.
- These numbers mean that the world is losing a trillion dollars in production, as a result of people being exposed to psychological disorders that prevent them from continuing their work normally.
- This reality necessitates educating employees about the importance of mental health, and introducing them to the symptoms associated with disorders, so that they can initiate treatment, if their condition is not well.
- There is a need to pay attention to psychological disorders among employees at an early stage so that they do not turn into a source of problems between him and his colleagues in the work environment.
- Disturbances in the employee’s mental health are not necessarily caused by work pressures. Rather, the person may be in a state of suffering due to family or financial matters.
- Remote work may relieve an employee who suffers from psychological disorders, by working in flexible hours.
- A person who suffers from a psychological disorder needs support and support, and leaving him alone may exacerbate the problems he suffers from, and then, things get worse.
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A study, the first of its kind conducted by the Danish University of Aarhus, sought to identify lost working years associated with mental disorders, by looking at the data of 5 million people, between the ages of 18 and 65.
The study found that those with mental disorders lose an average of 10 years off their career, among other consequences for their working lives.
The researchers showed that “people with a high degree of mental disorders may be unable to work or study.
The study added that those diagnosed with schizophrenia lose, on average, 24 years of working life after diagnosis.
The study concluded that it is necessary to invest in programs that reduce the number of lost work years and help people with mental disorders to continue working, taking into account their circumstances.
Commenting on the study, human resources expert Rana Al-Kilani said in an interview with Sky News Arabia:
- The World Health Organization figures that the world loses 12 billion working days a year, due to mental health disorders of employees and workers.
- These numbers mean that the world is losing a trillion dollars in production, as a result of people being exposed to psychological disorders that prevent them from continuing their work normally.
- This reality necessitates educating employees about the importance of mental health, and introducing them to the symptoms associated with disorders, so that they can initiate treatment, if their condition is not well.
- There is a need to pay attention to psychological disorders among employees at an early stage so that they do not turn into a source of problems between him and his colleagues in the work environment.
- Disturbances in the employee’s mental health are not necessarily caused by work pressures. Rather, the person may be in a state of suffering due to family or financial matters.
- Remote work may relieve an employee who suffers from psychological disorders, by working in flexible hours.
- A person who suffers from a psychological disorder needs support and support, and leaving him alone may exacerbate the problems he suffers from, and then, things get worse.