How much does quality mental health care profit employers

• Explain the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders at the work-place, their economic and social costs, and their effects on productivity and functioning at work. • Recall the wider consequences of anxiety and depression at the workplace, beyond the affected individual, and the adverse effects of not offering quality mental health care. • Comment on employees ’ access to mental health care, who should provide this care, and whether the cost of providing high-quality care is warranted by subsequent increases in productivity. Objective: Employers provide most American mental health benefits and are increasingly cost conscious. However, commonplace anxiety and depressive disorders have enormous economic and workplace performance costs. Methods: We performed multiple literature searches on several areas of pertinent research (and on key articles) covering the past 5 years. Results: Substantial research exist