Depression in the workplace is real. Almost 40% of Human Resource managers said that depression among workers was a moderate or large problem for their companies. Almost 17 million Americans experienced serious depression each year. How does this show up at work? People become tired, lethargic, and sad which result in work absences and anger.[i]
Family therapists are suggesting that a line be drawn in the sand of time. Work is work and family is family. Time commitments in both shouldn’t conflict. If they do, then problems arise such as divorce, burnout, and stress. It’s difficult and takes discipline to set mental and physical boundaries between work and nonwork activities.[ii]
[i] Love, Alice Ann, “Depression Affects Most Workplace,” The Oregonian, September 10, 1999, p. B3.
[ii]. Stokes, Stewart L., “A Line in the Sand: Maintaining Work‑life Balance,” Journal: Information Systems Management, Spring, 1996, pp. 83‑85.