Workplace Mental Health - A Series - Program Integration (Start Today!)
Good mental health is fundamental to maintaining good physical health. And you want your employees to experience total worker health, correct? The fact that the mind and the body cannot be separated results in an inseparable relationship between physical and mental health. Despite the fact that the connections are striking, integration of the two fields in worksite wellness programming still has not occurred in any meaningful way. Worksite wellness practitioners need to better understand the connections between physical and mental health so they can intervene more effectively with employees to improve the outcomes in both areas. It is important to address the integration of physical and mental health for the following reasons: • The individual employee's mental health status or the presence of a mental illness such as depression or anxiety can affect an individual's ability to undertake health promoting behaviors that address their physical health status. It is therefore