More potentially stigmatizing news
Sep 5 2006 | Comment 1
Of course, it all depends on how you contextualize it, and I think the results of this study could help people get the attention they need. People often ask me if they should tell their employers about their mental illnesses. It’s a tough call. You want to explain why you might be having trouble with work, but you don’t want to imply you’re not up to the task. If employers know their resulting inaction or prejudice will cost them money, they’ll change their way of doing business.
Cost Of Bipolar Disorder In The Work-Place Is $14 Billion
liz | 11:02 AM | Uncategorized
I’ve seen a lot of press about this lately and all I could think was “oh god, here they go again sensationalizing the supposed financial impact of people with serious mental illness” and I wonder, how much longer until there’s a law forcing you to disclose your mental illness, instead of a law forcing employers to make “reasonable accommodation’. I worry that, though I have good skills, I will slowly become unemployable. Often these days, being diagnosed with a mental illness feels a lot like being convicted of a crime and forbidden to attend the trial or speak in your own defense. Also, in making so much noise about the “cost” of bipolar disorder, do they ever gather statistics on how much OVERwork we do when we’re manic or hypomanic???
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