Depression is said to affect an estimated 20 percent of Australians.

In the workplace it accounts for a staggering figure of more than $6.5* billion in lost productivity and six million days of reduced productivity each year.**

Work Cover says worker compensation claims for stress-related illness have jumped by more than 400 percent in the last 10 years.***

According to ABS figures, one in three adults suffer from work-related stress.

Alison Keane Educating in Mindfulness offers the following programmes in mindfulness and MBSR for managers and employees within the work setting, or as part of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programme.

• a tailored workplace Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programme (MBSR)
• A one hour or half day presentation on mindfulness and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for peak performance and workplace stress management
• or participation in the eight week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course

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* Work Outcomes Research Cost Benefit Project 2007
** depressioNet
*** The Sunday Mail 2/11/2005