• Ron Z Goetzel, Enid Chung Roemer, Calliope Holingue, M Daniele Fallin, Katherine McCleary, William Eaton, Jacqueline Agnew, Francisca Azocar, David Ballard, John Bartlett, Michael Braga, Heidi Conway, K Andrew Crighton, Richard Frank, Kim Jinnett, Debra Keller-Greene, Sara Martin Rauch, Richard Safeer, Dick Saporito, Anita Schill, David Shern, Victor Strecher, Peter Wald, Philip Wang, and C Richard Mattingly.
• Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Goetzel, Dr Roemer, Ms McCleary); IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Goetzel); Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Goetzel, Ms Holingue, Dr Fallin, Dr Eaton); The Luv u Project, Potomac, Maryland (Mr Mattingly); Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Agnew); OptumHealth Behavioral Solutions, San Diego, California (Dr Azocar); American Psychological Association, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Ballard); The Carter Center Mental Health Program, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Bartlett); Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Florida (Mr Braga); Human Resources, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Ms Conway); Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, New Jersey (Dr Crighton); Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Dr Frank); Integrated Benefits Institute, San Francisco, California (Dr Jinnett); Keller Professional Services, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland (Ms Keller-Greene); Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA), Omaha, Nebraska (Ms Rauch); Johns Hopkins Health Care, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland (Dr Safeer); Human Resources, PC Connection, Merrimack, New Hampshire (Mr Saporito); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Washington, District of Columbia (Dr Schill); Mental Health America, Alexandria, Virginia (Dr Shern); University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Dr Strecher); United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, Texas (Dr Wald); American Psychiatric Association, Arlington,Virginia (Mr Mattingly).
• J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2018 Apr 1; 60 (4): 322-330.

ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to declare a call to action to improve mental health in the workplace.MethodsWe convened a public health summit and assembled an Advisory Council consisting of experts in the field of occupational health and safety, workplace wellness, and public policy to offer recommendations for action steps to improve health and well-being of workers.ResultsThe Advisory Council narrowed the list of ideas to four priority projects.ConclusionsThe recommendations for action include developing a mental health in the workplace (1) "how to" guide, (2) scorecard, (3) recognition program, and (4) executive training.

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