Anxiety is biggest concern among employees seeking mental health services, study finds: Major concern [Video]

Workplace anxiety has apparently reached a new high.

Last year, nearly a quarter of people who sought mental health treatment through their employers cited anxiety as their main issue, according to a study by ComPsych Corporation, a mental health services provider based in Chicago.

The researchers analyzed more than 300,000 U.S. cases that ComPsych handled in 2023.

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Among employees’ mental health issues, cases of anxiety outnumbered stress, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship and family issues, the study found. (There was no personal data provided in the study release.)

“Right now, there are so many large macroeconomic, social and geopolitical issues impacting people’s mental health beyond their interpersonal and personal life,” said Dr. Richard Chaifetz, founder, chair and CEO of ComPsych, in a statement to FOX Business.

“When you think about the past few years – from the pandemic to [the] border crisis and crime, civil unrest, an unpredictable economy, the proliferation of artificial intelligence, and contentious elections …