One in six people in work have mental health problems

Isn't it called the accounts department?

Your post has put you on the Watchlist.

Doing a job where workers don't get paid for taking time off seems to have a healing effect on mental health. And general health as well if it comes to that.

The worse health amongst workers is in the public sector, where you get blacklisted if you don't take you annual sick leave.

I think we would all be agreed that this "one in six" claim is a piece of nonsense. I'd personally be very surprised if there was even "one in 600". Probably fewer in the private sector.

naughty crips ! The other point is if one in six at work are suffering mental health then a greater proportion must be out of work,you would guess,perhaps one in three and many of them are on the BF forum !

One in six is total nonsense.
Although maybe the stress of having to work for money does affect some.
DrC made a really good point. Withdraw someone from the Company Sick Pay scheme and watch their attendance improve.

How common are specific problems?
Every seven years a survey is done in England to measure the number of people who have different types of mental health problems [2]. It was last published in 2016 and reported these figures:

Generalised anxiety disorder    5.9 in 100 people
Depression    3.3 in 100 people
Phobias      2.4 in 100 people
OCD     1.3 in 100 people
Panic disorder    0.6 in 100 people
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)    4.4 in 100 people
Mixed anxiety and depression    7.8 in 100 people
Estimates for bipolar disorder, psychotic disorder and personality disorders are usually measured over a person's lifetime, rather than each year. Estimates for the number of people with these diagnoses can vary quite a lot but the most recent reported findings are [2]:

Psychotic disorder     0.7 in 100 people*
Bipolar disorder     2.0 in 100 people
Antisocial personality disorder     3.3 in 100 people
Borderline personality disorder     2.4 in 100 people
*Measured over the last year.

The survey also measures the number of people who have self-harmed, had suicidal thoughts or have made suicidal attempts over their lifetime:

Suicidal thoughts    20.6 in 100 people
Suicide attempts    6.7 in 100 people
Self-harm    7.3 in 100 people
Note: these statistics have been taken from studies that have surveyed people living in private housing in England [2]. The figures do not include the number of people experiencing mental health problems in hospitals, prisons, sheltered housing or people who are homeless. Therefore these figures may underestimate the prevalence of mental health problems.

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/statistics-and-facts-about-mental-health/how-common-are-mental-health-problems/

Doreen's Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqoEcxCErQ

That's brilliant DrC.

Yes akabula, it's good one that.

There are people today with severe mental health problems and instead of getting treatment they are pandered to, which reinforces their illness.

1 in 6?

It's more like 1 in 2, and only because the second one has talked his inner demon / imaginary friend out of it.