But an added complication is that individuals are worried about being "seen as weak" if they disclose a problem.
And some work cultures still nurture negative attitudes towards mental illness, making it much harder to disclose a problem.
So ChildLine counsellors believed that far too many boys and young men were reluctant to disclose a problem until it became so overwhelming that they felt life was not worth living.
It's a start that the law requires co-op and condo sellers to disclose a problem if asked, but the representations are hardly foolproof: Sellers can be unaware of problems in their own apartments (not everyone reacts to bedbug bites with itchy red welts) and ignorant of hungry armies massing behind their neighbors' walls.
The investigation summary released on Friday afternoon — a time zone well known as the media graveyard for press releases, one favored by strategic communications consultants of a certain unembarrassed type — is the equivalent of the general counsel at Goldman Sachs or Bank of America disclosing a few problems on the bank's mortgage trading floor.
Many employees don't feel comfortable disclosing a mental health problem to their employer, often fearing they'll be perceived as weak, incompetent or unable to cope".
In July, Nvidia disclosed a major problem with an unspecified number of its laptop chips that were already built into computers from several manufacturers.
The College Board disclosed a new problem yesterday in its efforts to assess and correct mistakes in the scoring of its October SAT test: an overlooked batch of 1,600 exams that have not been checked for errors.
It also became increasingly clear that Mr. Prince, for the fifth time since taking the reins as chief executive, would have to disclose a major problem to his board.
TOKYO -- When an official at the Imperial Household Agency suddenly announced last week that 8-year-old Princess Aiko was refusing to go to school because of bullying, he did more than just disclose a mundane problem facing a member of Japan's ancient and secretive monarchy.
