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Beating the blues

7 July 2014

''According to the World Health Organisation, depression has become the leading cause of disability worldwide and has significant economic consequences,'' said LSE's Professor Martin Knapp. ''Despite a lot of publicity surrounding mental illness, it is worrying to see that there is still a major stigma associated with depression and many employers are not dealing with it adequately.''

This article was published by HRM Asia online on July 7, 2014
Link to article here

Related publications
Importance of social and cultural factors for attitudes, disclosure and time off work for depression: findings from a seven country European study on depression in the workplace, Martin Knapp and Sara Evans-Lacko, March 2014, PLOS ONE.

Related links
Martin Knapp webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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