Case workers at mental health charity Mind are worried about advice given to individuals suffering from a range of mental health problems and learning difficulties.

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Now Haley, who took office in 2011, has pledged to bolster a mental health system that dropped case workers, closed treatment centers and extended waiting lists.

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Just mental health comfort and stability helps workers be better.

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Studies in India show that lay health workers also help people to better accept mental illness and necessary treatments.

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To get there, it called for changes in how Medicare and Medicaid pay for mental health services, stricter licensing requirements for health workers, and for the government to fund appropriate training programs.

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Countries such as Pakistan and India, which have huge populations and many competing economic and social priorities, are also experimenting with task-shifting, in which mental health counseling can be delivered by lay health workers trained to provide scientifically sound counseling with supervision.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act, updated in 2008, says that workers are disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of their major life activities.

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According to Dr. Jeff Rouse, one of the psychiatrists who's been working with officers, there are around 20 to 25 mental health professionals for all first responders: police, firefighters and EMS workers.

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And even if you're trying to get yourself out of unemployment, the job search itself brings significant stress: Research suggests that unemployed workers who actively engage in job-search activities are more likely to have worse mental health, according to a 2005 study.

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