'Dangerous levels' | Scale of UK's workplace mental health crisis revealed in new report

A new report has revealed the staggering scale of mental health crises in UK workplaces. 

Wysa, the leading AI-guided mental health solution, has released the results of the Colleagues in Crisis Report, which uncovers the extent to which UK employees, especially younger generations, are at risk of mental health crisis and how employers can best offer support. 

The report reveals an alarming 25% of UK workers had been bothered by thoughts that they would be better off dead, or of hurting themselves in the two weeks prior to the survey. This figure expands to over one in three (36%) when applied to the past year. 

Gathered through an accredited third-party research agency which polled 2,182 UK full and part-time employees across all industries, the data shows UK workers experience high rates of the feelings commonly associated with severe depression and suicide risk while at work.