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Mental health workers’ comp claim frequency rose 47% since 2015

WCRI found mental health claims were about 0.3 per 100 paid workers’ compensation claims overall, and about 0.5 per 100 among claims with more than seven days of lost time.

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Mental health conditions accounted for a small but growing share of workers’ compensation claims from 2015 to 2024, according to new research from the Workers Compensation Research Institute, which analyzed multistate claims data reported by Risk & Insurance.

Risk & Insurance reports WCRI said mental health claims, defined as cases where conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder, adjustment disorder, anxiety or depression were the primary occupational injury, were about 0.3 claims per 100 paid workers’ compensation claims overall and about 0.5 per 100 among claims with more than seven days of lost time.

From 2015 to 2024, WCRI found the frequency of mental health claims rose 47% for all paid claims, and 40% for claims with more than seven days of lost time, with rates relatively stable through much of the 2010s before declining around 2020 to 2021 and then rising again.

The report also found that claim frequency varied widely by state, industry and worker demographics, according to Risk & Insurance, which summarized the WCRI findings.

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