WE WILL BRING YOU THAT STORY AND THE COVERAGE AT 5:00.
AND THE COVERAGE AT 5:00.
KAREN, BACK TO YOU.
>> WE DON’T HAVE TO BE A SPORTS FAN TO KNOW ABOUT TENNIS SPORTS
FAN TO KNOW ABOUT TENNIS SPORTS
STARS GOING PUBLIC WITH MENTAL WELLNESS.
SHE MADE A VERY PUBLIC WAY TO
CHANGE HOW THINGS ARE DONE.
TODAY THE GRAND SLAM LEADER
MADE A STATEMENT SAYING HER
MENTAL HEALTH IS A CHALLENGING
ISSUE WHICH DESERVES OUR UTMOST ATTENTION.
WE COMMEND NAOMI TO SHARE IN
HER OWN WORDS THE PRESSURES AND
ANXIETIES SHE IS FEELING AND WE EMPATHIZE UNIQUE PRESSURES THAT
EMPATHIZE UNIQUE PRESSURES THAT
TENNIS PLAYERS MAY FACE.
THOSE DIRECTORS ARE LOOKING TO ADDRESS PLAYERS CONCERNS.
ADDRESS PLAYERS CONCERNS.
HER PLEA FOR BETTER UNTIL
HEALTH SUPPORT COMES AS
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAD BACK
TO WORK AFTER A TRAUMATIC 15
MONTHS.
TODAY WE FIND OUT THE
DEFINITION OF MENTAL HEALTH IS CHANGING IN THE WORK PLACE IN A
CHANGING IN THE WORK PLACE IN A
POST-COVID WORLD.
PAULA TUBMAN HAS BEEN TALKING
TO EXPERTS AND JOINS US NOW.
PAULA, GIVE US A SNAPSHOT OF
WHAT THEY ARE ALREADY SEEN.
SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
RETURNING TO WORK. >> THEY REALLY HAVE.
>> THEY REALLY HAVE.
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IS THE
SHARED EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE
ALL HAD WITH COVID-19 AND HOW
IT HAS CHANGED THE WAY OF HOW WE VIEW THE WORLD AND OURSELVES
WE VIEW THE WORLD AND OURSELVES
IN THE WORLD.
WHAT I’M HEARING IS THAT ALSO
CHANGES THE DEFINITION OF WHAT
MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE CONSIDERED
IN THE WORK LEASE. AS WORKERS CONTINUE TO RETURN
AS WORKERS CONTINUE TO RETURN
TO THE PHYSICAL WORK PLACE
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE
REPORTING A BOOM IN CONTACT.
>> FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE SEEING AN UP TICK.
SEEING AN UP TICK.
IF WE ONLY SAW THREE OR 4A YEAR
AND IT TAKES TO 25 THAT IS
HUGE.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT MOST OF MY
EDUCATION FOR MY CREDITS FOR MY CERTIFICATION HAVE BEEN THROUGH
CERTIFICATION HAVE BEEN THROUGH
WERE REMOTE AND WEBINARS AND
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE SESSION
I’VE ATTENDED WHERE WE DID NOT
SPEAK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. IF THAT DOESN’T WAKE SOME
IF THAT DOESN’T WAKE SOME
PEOPLE UP IT SHOULD.
>> NOT EVERYONE IS IN A POSITION TO QUIT A JOB.
POSITION TO QUIT A JOB.
IN DISCUSSING MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES THE DEFINITION IS
CHANGING IN THE WORKPLACE.
DEBBIE RITTER IS A HUMAN
RESOURCES AND BENEFITS EXPERT FOR OHI CONSULTANT AND CYNTHIA
FOR OHI CONSULTANT AND CYNTHIA
REYNOLDS IS A CERTIFIED MENTAL
HEALTH DIRECTOR AND COUNSELOR
IN BINGHAM FARMS. >> WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE ALWAYS
>> WE AS A SOCIETY HAVE ALWAYS
FOCUSED ON THE BASICS.
ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR
DISORDER BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONTINUUM.
A CONTINUUM.
>> IT’S NOT YOU ARE ADHD OR YOU
NEED A DIAGNOSIS OF SOMETHING.
IT IS NOT ABOUT DEPRESSION
NECESSARILY.
I THINK THAT IS WHERE I COME FROM IN THE SAFETY PART.
FROM IN THE SAFETY PART.
I THINK OVERWHELMING ANXIETY
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I HOPE
WILL SEND PEOPLE TO SPEAK TO
SOMEONE. >> THAT’S WHY THE RAPID CHANGE
>> THAT’S WHY THE RAPID CHANGE
AND GUIDANCE SURROUNDING COVID
OUTPATIENTS THE EMOTIONAL
COMFORT AS TO WHERE WORKERS HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY AND
HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY FOR THE LAST 15
MONTHS.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND PROACTIVELY
NAVIGATE THE REAL PRESSURE
POINTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH. DIAGNOSED OR NOT.
DIAGNOSED OR NOT.
>> EVERYONE IS AT A DIFFERENT
LEVEL FOR THEIR COMFORT.
EVERYONE IS LEARNING INCLUDING
THE BOSSES AND PEOPLE IN
CHARGE.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE
UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSIONATE ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT.
>> WAS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT IS
FOR HERE’S.
EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND MENTAL
HEALTH AS WELL AS MENTAL ILLNESSES AND WHAT THOSE
ILLNESSES AND WHAT THOSE
THRESHOLDS ARE.
IT IS NOT JUST AN HR THING OR A
BOSS THING.
IT’S ABOUT TOLERANCE AND
ACCEPTANCE OF PEOPLE’S COMFORT LEVELS AND THEIR ANXIETY LEVELS
LEVELS AND THEIR ANXIETY LEVELS
THAT WILL HELP THE REENTRY BE
EASIER PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH UNTIL
ILLNESS OR MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
>> IT IS A REAL THING, THAT’S
FOR SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR THE INSIGHT.
TOMORROW MORNING WE WILL
DISCUSS HOW FOUR YOU OF THEM