The good news of the Ministry of Labor for workers/maximum coverage of mental health costs in economic enterprises

Hadi Behdad, Director General of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare, in an interview with the social welfare reporter of Fars news agency, emphasized the importance of workers’ mental health and stated: The issue of workers’ mental health is important for us in several ways, workers as an active part of the economy. and production of the country are the most populous group of the society.

He continued: The impact of mental health on the issue of production exploitation and social harm is very important, and by emphasizing this issue, we have identified the issue of mental health as a priority to address in the work and production society.

The Director General of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare, expressing his concern about the latest state of mental health in the work and production community, noted: Based on the latest research in 2017, the state of mental health in the work and production community is not good and this trend has been going on for the past few years. There is no positive trend.

He reminded: We compiled the document on improving the mental health of the work and production community and tried to make the organizations under the Ministry of Labor, such as welfare, social security, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Health, and the Social Affairs Organization of the Ministry of Interior responsible for social harms. .

Behdad said about the implementation of the document on improving the mental health of the work and production community: “The improvement of the mental health of everyone is pursued through increasing training and reducing job stress.” The issue of occupational stress is very important and we tried as much as possible to benefit from the capacities of health centers and Behgar stations in different production companies.

Explaining the plans of the Ministry of Labor to pay attention to the health of workers, he said: We have followed the program of assistants in economic enterprises with 50 to 500 employees and the program of labor and production assistants in enterprises with 20 to 50 employees, and many workers are in the second category. The implementation of these programs can help workers and employers to be sensitive to occupational stress and identify people with early signs of psychological problems.

Referring to the process of identifying workers with psychological problems, Behdad said: If a worker has initial symptoms of psychological problems, initial screening is done and he is introduced to welfare colleagues for counseling centers to solve the problem.

The Director General of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare stated: There are approximately 2 million people covered by our network who receive services from this network, this does not mean that all of them need psychological services, but this is the number of people who We made it possible for them to use basic training and if they have problems, they can be referred to higher levels in the referral system.

The Director General of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare emphasized on the provision of mental health services for free and said: In order to be able to define services at a higher level, discussions have been held both in the welfare organization and in the Ministry of Sports that workers who have financial problems Take advantage of a 50% discount in some provinces, where a total of 10,000 workers benefited from our mental health services in economic enterprises last year.

He continued: The cost of counseling and health is very heavy and many people in the lower income decile are not able to pay for them, therefore welfare facilities are used and sometimes in some provinces for free and in others as a 50% discount. Counseling services are benefited.

The Director General of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare noted: We should appreciate the employers who provide mental health services to the workers. have provided

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