{"id":3838,"date":"2016-02-23T15:24:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T07:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.com\/blog\/?p=3838"},"modified":"2024-11-21T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T02:57:22","slug":"mental-health-and-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificprime.com\/blog\/mental-health-and-insurance.html","title":{"rendered":"Mental health and insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the <\/span>National Alliance for Mental Illness<\/span><\/a> (NAMI), “One in four adults experiences mental illness in a given year. One in 17 \u2212 about 13.6 million \u2212 live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.” With revealing numbers like this, it is clear to see that mental health has become one of the most important health concerns of the past decade. Long considered to be a somewhat taboo subject in much of the world, Asia included, mental health has started to see emergence as a true concern that needs to be addressed, studied, and treated much like any other illness would. This exact issue was recently raised in an intriguing article published in the International Travel & Health Insurance Journal<\/a> (ITIJ), which features insight from Pacific Prime’s Darren Counsell.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, it is especially important to protect our mental health whether we’re at home or at work. Check out these quick tips on protecting employees’ mental health during the pandemic.<\/p>\n