GPs have condemned the care offered to mental health patients by the NHS while some have resorted to prescribing drugs to those facing long waiting lists.
Cigna has produced two new online mental health guides to help employers limit the impact of these conditions in the workplace.
Alice suffered from anorexia in her teens and early 20s. She now has a partner with whom she shares a joint mortgage but also has some underlying mild depression.
Employers are increasingly addressing issues such as mental health in a bid to reduce long term absence rates, research from Aviva suggests.
Complementary to PMI, cash plans can help through hard times, Peter Lauris tell Peter Carvill.