Employees in Lower Saxony were absent from work significantly more often last year due to mental illnesses. The number of psychologically-related absences among working young women between the ages of 15 and 19 rose by 46 percent compared to the previous year to 15.8 sick notes per 100 insured people.
In 2022 there were still 307 days of absence, the health insurance company DAK-Gesundheit said. The new high is “worrying,” warned the LowerSaxony DAK state chief Dirk Vennekold. “We need to pay more attention to mental health issues in the workplace,’ he said.