Lockdown mental health crisis hits financial services
By
Sarah Kendell
20 July 2021
With financial services staff often on the frontlines of the COVID crisis, as mental health issues increase with the latest round of lockdowns, it’s important that businesses actively engage with employees to reduce stigma around mental illness, a former funds management CEO has said.
Data from new industry initiative People Reaching Out to People (PROP) revealed that calls to Lifeline’s 24-hour suicide prevention service had jumped 25 per cent in the first two weeks of Sydney’s lockdown, with an even larger increase when Melbourne’s fifth lockdown was announced.