Mental Health in the Workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic opened our eyes to various issues. An example is the importance of mental health and the need to encourage practices that support individuals in general, specifically in the workplace.
Stacia Cohen, R.N., MBA, Executive Vice President of Health Services for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, recently shared insights with the Business Journal on workplace mental health and how we apply the lessons we learned from the pandemic to prioritize mental health in the workplace.
“Was our old, “normal” workplace truly a panacea of health—particularly mental health? Instead of seeing the past 15 months as an anomaly, perhaps we can use the revelations the pandemic taught us to create a healthier, better “normal” in the workplace as we start to emerge from our homes.”
Stacia Cohen, R.N., MBA, Executive Vice President of Health Services for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Cohen also highlighted clear evidence that more people took advantage of mental health care during the pandemic, benefiting from the ease of using telemedicine as an effective treatment during social distancing.
