The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a toll on mental health, including the mental health of those working in finance and insurance.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Toronto-based Morneau Shepell published its monthly mental health index<\/a>, which provides a measure of employed adults’ mental health compared to benchmarks collected in\u00a02017, 2018 and 2019. The index was launched in April 2020.<\/p>\n
By industry, finance and insurance scored lower in May (\u221213.1) than the overall index.<\/p>\n
The index found that the most pervasive concern affecting mental health continued to the pandemic’s financial impact (cited by 35% of respondents).<\/p>\n
Canadians without emergency savings experienced a lower score in mental health (\u221224.3) than the overall group. “People with no emergency fund have uniformly low scores on the mental health index,” the report said.<\/p>\n
Canadians who had maintained employment at the same income level (61% of respondents) had the best mental health score (\u22129.4).\u00a0Those who maintained employment but with reduced salary had the lowest (\u221215.4).<\/p>\n
For full details, read the Morneau Shepell mental health index report<\/a>.<\/p>\n