Workplace stress, anxiety and depression cost American businesses an estimated US$292bn a year. Yet those costs are fragmented across healthcare, absence, turnover and lost capacity at work, making the full business impact difficult to see.

Mental health has risen up the business agenda faster than employers’ ability to manage it.

Beyond the benefit: Connecting workplace mental health and business performance, produced by Economist Enterprise and supported by Lyra Health, quantifies the US business cost of poor mental health and workplace stress. It shows where the costs fall, where employers can reduce them most and how to focus, measure and adapt their response.