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Article

8 Jul 2010

Author:
Economist

Schumpeter: Mens sana in corporation sano

Companies are now…starting to touch on a potentially troubling area: their employees’ mental health...These range from training managers to spot problems to rehabilitating those suffering breakdowns…The first worry is that promoting psychological wellness crosses an important line between the public and the private, raising awkward questions...The biggest problem with the movement lies in the assumption that promoting psychological wellness is as axiomatically good as encouraging the physical sort. It is one thing to help people deal with serious problems when they crop up. It is another to try to promote something that cannot easily be defined, let alone managed…[Refers to AstraZeneca, BT, Corporate Psychology and Mental Fitness, Grant Thornton, IBM, Positive Health Strategies, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Rolls-Royce]