Before, cardiovascular diseases, asthma and diabetes were thought to cause high rates of absenteeism in employees as well as high costs in medical treatment. But BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has recently released a study that showed 11.5% of total workers suffer from depression, anxiety disorders and other psychological illnesses that cause a disruption in their normal, daily work routine. In addition, these illnesses present far more costs in terms of medical treatment as both doctors’ fees and medicinal drugs are priced steeply and you need a reliable source of funds in order to avail them.
As you know, psychological illnesses such as depression causes an instability in the affected person’s mental and emotional health. Thus, it makes them feel extreme sadness, anxiety and tension that are so insurmountable that they fail to enjoy anything. They feel a lack of motivation. They do not perceive anything as important. All they want to do is to be left alone. And because all of their attention is focused on themselves particularly on what they are feeling, this is when they resort to either not going to work or being at work but with a decreased amount of productivity.
