An expert panel convened by NJBIZ covered a wide range of topics pertaining to mental health in the workplace, including how employers can help break down stigmas surrounding the issue and seeking help, the most important and useful services or benefits to offer, how to balance productivity and efficiency with burnout or breakdown, and the pros and cons of hybrid and remote work.

It’s imperative the construction industry focuses on total human health to improve the lives of our employees and strengthen our overall workforce.

The onset of COVID-19 laid bare a lot of deficiencies, including when it comes to taking care of our selves, employees and co-workers. Experts convened by NJBIZ delve into the “pandemic within a pandemic," what to look for and how to help in our latest virtual discussion.

The state's current fiscal plan, which was signed into law June 30, funnels $12.8 million toward the implementation of the hotline and $16 million for mobile crisis response to support individuals who need help. 

The clinical psychologist and clinical manager of Baker Street Behavioral Health's Geropsychology Program discusses mental health issues arising from the pandemic among older adults and how to recognize the signs that someone you love might need help.

Financing in Handspring, which offers omnichannel options to better serve children and families, was led by Newark Venture Partners and NextView Ventures with additional participation.

Renewed Light patients can live at home while receiving treatment for disorders, such as anxiety, gambling addiction, family trauma, depression, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and eating disorders.

In life and sport, optimal performance is not just about skills – intellectual, athletic, or anywhere in between. Performance, instead, requires the perfect integration of our physical and mental abilities, to convert potential into excellence.

Hackensack Meridian Health announced it would expand Behavioral Health and Long Term Acute Care beds at the facility, which has served the community for more than 100 years.

The founder and executive director of Main Street Counseling talks about the center's work with the Newark school system, how the organization has adapted over the years and how COVID-19 affected its work.

Employers should take the challenges of this past year as impetus to bring mental health into the workplace, experts explained during the NJBIZ Mental Health in the Workplace panel discussion. But, how to get people to ask for help is “the million-dollar question,” said Hackensack Meridian Health Chief Wellness Officer Dr. Amy Frieman.

There’s a pandemic within the COVID-19 outbreak in New Jersey and across the nation, writes Hackensack Meridian Health CEO Robert Garrett:" a record increase in fatal overdoses and a growing number of people struggling with mental illness and addiction. As health care providers, we need to approach this crisis with urgency and commit to expanding access to care, better coordinating care and innovating treatment."