Workplace Must Support Mental Health

Rather than a benefit, a job might be hazardous to your mental health. That’s the proposition consultant, psychiatrist and mental health advocate Chitayi Murabula, along with food blogger, nature addict and psychologist Tayyiba Sheriff, took head on. In an Africa Tweet Chat, Murabula and Sheriff looked at how environment, genetics, open work spaces and other factors influence mental health in the workplace. “The genetics of mental health is quite complex because heredity is not based on a single gene, but rather multiple genes interacting together,” Sheriff said. “However, twin studies show that certain mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity…...