title: Is there a duty for private employers to provide emergency mental health care services?
abstract: This article presents a discussion of whether employers in private companies have a duty to provide an emergency action plan with a mental health component for its employees. It discusses basic negligence concepts and focuses mainly on the "duty of care" component of negligence. It then applies the negligence concepts to private employers and discusses how private companies arguably might have a duty under the laws of negligence to provide employees with an emergency action plan, specifically a plan including mental health provisions.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, USA.
authors.forename: Tammara F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Langlieb
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Langlieb
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Everly
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028681:Moral Obligations; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D017149:Private Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States