Creating a Mental Health Friendly Environment
A training plan to support individuals to build mental health friendly work environments
How to assess your work environment
How to reduce the stigma attached to mental health
Strategies to build a mental health friendly environment
How to support people who are struggling with their mental health
Stress, depression and anxiety are common mental health issues in the workplace with 1 in 4 people experiencing a mental health problem. In Europe alone, the cost of work related depression was €617 billion a year.
To encourage individuals to build positive mental health habits it is important that organisations and employees are spending more time to build environments that support people to look after their mental health. Within this training plan we will provide you with a number of strategies that you can start to put into place to build a mental health friendly environment for employees, staff, students, coaches and athletes.
How to use your training plan
00:43
An introduction to the training plan
03:00
Understanding mental health in the workplace
03:23
Stigma and mental health
03:05
The benefits of a mental health friendly environment
04:20
Assessing your environment
05:29
A whole organisation approach
02:55
Engaging in regular conversations
05:19
Teaching coping skills at work
06:53
Encouraging a support network
02:22
Mental health myths
04:19
Being a mental health role model
03:05
Promoting Physical Wellbeing
04:20
Referral systems
01:42
Reasonable accommodations
03:16
Getting feedback
01:48
Assistance programmes
04:22
Reviewing the training plan
06:06
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