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Unum Behavioral Health

How the program works

Unum Behavioral Health provides employees with immediate access to effective mental health support. Unlike traditional approaches that suffer from low utilization or questionable impacts, Unum Behavioral Health engages your workforce, offering personalized options to meet each employee's unique needs while empowering HR with privacy-protected visibility into utilization and impact.

See Unum Behavioral Health in action

View our short demo video to see how it works

Engaging education and training

With proactive communication, content and training, our approach helps break down the stigma surrounding behavioral health and encourages employees to explore their mental well-being.
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Communication campaign

We engage your employees in the delicate topic of mental health.
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    Initial welcome emails introducing the solution
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    Awareness-building communications that can be uploaded to your company intranet
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    Automated reminder emails based on level of engagement with platform

Live training

We provide specialized live training for specific employee subgroups to help create a more supportive overall environment, including:
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    Mental health first aid
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    Executive level training

A digital gateway to immediate, personalized support

Employees can access on any device via web browser or the easily downloadable mobile app, available on iOS and Android.

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Mental wellness hub

Mobile-friendly site available 24/7 that provides a simple "front door" for all Unum Behavioral Health resources

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Engaging orientation

A 10-minute video introduction to mental health and breaking the stigma, and a 5-minute self-reflection exercise

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Resource library

A comprehensive collection of insightful articles, videos, webinars and activities on topics for all employees

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Support navigation

Assesses employees' level of mental wellness, and provides personalized recommendations for support that fits

Support pathways based on individual employee needs

Based on reflection exercises and a guided self-assessment, employees may be recommended to the program's personalized support pathways, which include:
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    Self-Paced Programs that help employees who battle low levels of stress, anxiety and depression with a sequence of engaging activities and reflections
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    Provider-Led Treatment with hands-on support from a mental health professional through a structured 12-week course or a coaching program with certified experts ready to provide support
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    Guided Self-Therapy through an intelligent therapeutic app that helps employees manage mental health challenges with proven cognitive behavioral therapy on their own schedule and in total privacy
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Unum Behavioral Health can also integrate with your existing programs, like EAP and medical benefits.

Clear visibility into program impact

Other solutions may show overall utilization, but Unum Behavioral Health goes further, providing metrics that give a clear view of program impact for both employees and the company, while completely protecting employee privacy.

Progress and results reporting

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Baselining

Begins with analyzing an employee's current state of well-being based on key wellness and productivity indicators

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Utilization

Shows employee engagement levels with each component of the solution

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Resource library

A comprehensive collection of insightful articles, videos, webinars and activities on topics for all employees

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Support navigation

Assesses employees' level of mental wellness, and provides personalized recommendations for support that fits

Confidentiality

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    Employers will not see any individualized data about an employee's use of any of the solution's pathways
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    All data reported by Unum is anonymous and in aggregate

Contact us to learn more about Unum Behavioral Health.

Get started on a better way to support your workforce's mental health.

Terms and Conditions

Unum intends that the Behavioral Health solution be offered as an EAP excepted benefit. Whether the solution is an EAP excepted benefit will depend on how the Behavioral Health solution fits within the benefit plans offered by the implementing plan sponsor. Plan sponsors remain responsible for compliance with applicable group health plan laws. We encourage plan sponsors to consult with their legal counsel about the implications of offering the Behavioral Health solution alongside the other benefit plans they are sponsoring.

Unum Group and its insuring entities (“Unum”) do not provide medical care and cannot guarantee clinical outcomes. All treatment provided in connection with Unum Behavioral Health is provided by licensed practitioners affiliated with a third-party partner with whom Unum contracts. Individuals should always seek the advice of their physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions they have regarding a medical condition.