Employees would rather tell boss about their diarrhoea than depression

New research commissioned by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England has found that employees are three times more likely to discuss physical ailments over mental health issues at work. The study of 2000 employed adults for the ‘Where's Your Head At?' campaign found that 42% of employees feel comfortable discussing prevalent physical conditions compared to just 14% who feel they can talk about common mental health conditions. Only one in 10 workers said they would feel comfortable speaking about self-harm, psychosis, eating disorders, postnatal depression or schizophrenia, while almost...