Depression is the number one cause of disability in American businesses, resulting in decreased productivity and increased costs. Implementing intervention and treatment programs, such as psychotherapy, antidepressants, and depression screenings, can help employees recover from depression and increase productivity, saving companies an average of $787,332 per 1,000 employees by increasing weekly work hours by two hours per employee and boosting success rates.

1. Depression in the Workplace By Bonnie Pastorius

2. Impact of workplace depression Number one cause of disability in American businesses Serious financial consequences Decrease in productivity Loss of employees Costly rehiring and training process

3. The solution Interventions and treatment programs Telephone or in-person psychotherapy Antidepressants Allow employees choice of treatment Depression screenings

4. The benefits Increased productivity and job profits Yearly savings of $787,332 per 1,000 employees Intervention groups work an average of two more hours per week Intervention success rate of 26.2% vs. 17.7% non intervention

5. Summary Yearly savings of $787,332 per 1,000 employees Depression results in decreased productivity/increased costs for the company Intervention/treatment programs result in two more hours worked per week by each employee Intervention and treatment programs help employees recover from depression Give employees the choice to choose their form of treatment