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If we overlook (or under-support) people with mental health issues, we risk overlooking a significant proportion of the working population. In the UK, people with mental health problems make up a significant proportion of the workforce. However, diagnosed mental health issues are only the tip of the iceberg. Mental health at work is not limited to just diagnosed conditions. We should consider mental health problems as any mental health problems that are brought to, experienced at, or caused by work. This is more common than you might think.

So, thinking of your team of 30 again, potentially 9 people have experienced mental health problems at some point, and 5 of them still are; and 18 members of your team have experienced stress or problems caused by their job at some point. When a member of your team is experiencing stress or anxiety at work, we should be striving to create an open environment where workers are able to get help within the workplace before they report sick. However, in an increasing number of cases, this just isn't happening (Table 2.2).

Now, look at your team and think about the potential you could unlock with a mental fitness programme. Not only could you support these people now, you would also enhance and strengthen their mental and emotional well-being for the future, not just for those people suffering now, but for all 30 of your figurative team. Isn't that something worth investigating? I think so.