Mental Health Care Guidelines
Japanese govt mental health care guidelines to get review
"The Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to review its guidelines for companies on mental health care for employees for the first time since they were drawn up in 2000, ministry sources said Saturday.
Though the current guidelines center on preventative care for mental health, an increasing number of company employees are suffering from mental illnesses such as depression due to work-related stress.
Therefore, the ministry will totally revise the guidelines to include stipulations about what actions companies should take if an employee develops a mental illness.
The ministry plans to draft the new guidelines by the end of next fiscal year and will instruct companies to comply with them.
In the new guidelines, the ministry plans to present practical measures that colleagues, superiors and family members should take when an employee develops depression or other mental illnesses... "
22 Nov 2004, Medical News Today
"The Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to review its guidelines for companies on mental health care for employees for the first time since they were drawn up in 2000, ministry sources said Saturday.
Though the current guidelines center on preventative care for mental health, an increasing number of company employees are suffering from mental illnesses such as depression due to work-related stress.
Therefore, the ministry will totally revise the guidelines to include stipulations about what actions companies should take if an employee develops a mental illness.
The ministry plans to draft the new guidelines by the end of next fiscal year and will instruct companies to comply with them.
In the new guidelines, the ministry plans to present practical measures that colleagues, superiors and family members should take when an employee develops depression or other mental illnesses... "
22 Nov 2004, Medical News Today
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