Mental Health

Making the Business Case for Mental Health

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

This is a video from a recent online, virtual World Happiness Agora, focused on ‘The Future of Health’.

In this particular segment, Sheila Dutta, PhD, MPH, from the World Bank, talks about how a lack of mental health care is directly impacting business development around the world. It’s an important topic, one that is becoming increasingly important not just in the developing world, but also right here in the US, as businesses struggle with finding, and retaining, talent.

If the topic of mental health is of interest, there are many more videos available in the playlist for the event. I’ve only begun to go through them myself, so if you see one worth sharing, let us know!

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