Today, 1 in 4 people in the United States have a diagnosable behavioral health condition, yet 55% of those individuals will never get care or assistance for those issues. In this episode of Health Unscripted, Jason Youngblood, director of behavioral clinical account management at Cigna Healthcare and a licensed behavioral health clinician, sits down with Marci Guertin, behavioral health product strategy director, to discuss the role that employers play in tackling the mental health crisis in the United States.

Organizational culture is paramount to reducing stigma and getting people to access care, Youngblood says, and workplace managers are on the front line of the mental health epidemic in the United States. “Making sure that they have the tools, resources, and knowledge, as well as the comfort to address this, to have talks with employees, refer them to benefits and EAP, or even to make an example of self-care, goes such a long way.”

Tune in to learn about ways to build an organizational culture that supports and empowers employees struggling with mental health conditions and for tips on ways employers can strengthen their approach to family behavioral health.

This article was created with the assistance of AI tools. It was reviewed, edited, and fact-checked by Cigna Healthcare's editorial team and subject matter experts.