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The Measurable Link Between Mental Health and Productivity

For years, experts have linked mental health to productivity, but proving the impact has been difficult. Discover a new standard for measuring the value of mental health care in Lyra’s latest study.

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Workforce mental health impact has been hard to quantify. Lyra’s new peer-reviewed study changes that by using the Lam Employment Absence and Productivity Scale (LEAPS) to measure productivity and work impairment at scale. The results demonstrate a critical link between mental health care, workforce performance, and ROI.

In this overview, you’ll discover:

  • How LEAPS turns productivity into a trackable metric
  • Where mental health care delivers the greatest performance gains
  • How improvements in care show up in workforce outcomes and ROI

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