Mental Health

Despite a few advances, mental health benefit programs still suffer from significant gaps in the policies needed for a healthy workplace.

Physicians warn rapid adoption is outpacing oversight, urging transparency, crisis protections and clearer rules as demand grows amid persistent gaps in care.

One case involved a plan administrator that updated claim-processing systems for medical benefits but not for mental health benefits.

As AI-driven workflows accelerate and digital interruptions increase, employees are losing the uninterrupted cognitive space required for deep thinking, reflection and effective decision-making.

As organizations recognize Mental Health Awareness Month this May, it's an opportunity to move beyond awareness toward support.

Without a proactive strategy to strengthen employee mental health, new research finds, leaves of absence could continue to become more common.