Employers are increasingly aware of workplace mental health impacts

David Cordani, chief executive officer of Cigna Corp., speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (Credit: Scott Eells—Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Good morning.

I continue to be surprised at how often CEOs bring up concerns about the mental health of their employees in conversation these days. If talent is issue No. 1 on the CEO mind, the mental resiliency of that talent tags along not far behind.

Some of this is clearly a direct effect of COVID. Comprehensive data is hard to come by, but the data that does exist is shocking. Cigna CEO David Cordani said that during the pandemic, “we saw a 51% increase of young ladies in their teens presenting in emergency rooms for attempted suicide.”