Mental health and mental illness
Summary: While mental illness is a diagnosable condition, mental health is a continuum ranging from flourishing to illness. While we focus primarily on raising your mental health even if you have a diagnosis, we also have free information and resources to support those who live and work with conditions such as depression or anxiety. These free resources can help.
For individuals
For those who experience mental illness, Mental health at work provides strategies that may help you to not only cope, but thrive.
Mental health awareness videos offer the perspectives of employees who share their personal experience with topics such as stigma, disclosure and coping strategies at work.
For individuals seeking extra support for their mental health, we provide links to evidence-based apps, including some with optional paid features, designed to assist in enhancing mental health and overall well-being.
For leaders
You don’t need to become a mental health expert to help employees who are struggling at work. However, there may be a legal duty to accommodate an employee with mental illness according to Human Rights legislation.
Mental illness can be an uncomfortable topic for some, but leaders should know how to support and respond to employees who are struggling with their mental health. This can involve fostering open communication about employee needs, providing flexibility in work arrangements, offering mental health resources, and cultivating a supportive and inclusive work environment.
Policies and programs on employee mental health explores topics like accommodation, return-to-work processes, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), stigma reduction, suicide prevention, and peer support strategies within organizations.
Mental health and mental illness articles and resources
The list that follows includes the resources linked to above as well as related information that may be more specific to your current situation:
You can use these tools, strategies and information when experiencing mental health issues at work.
Video interviews with people who experienced mental health issues at work discussing what helped. Their strategies and advice can act as virtual peer support and mental health awareness.
Links to free evidence-based apps, some with paid options, which can help with your mental health and wellness. The list includes apps for Windows, IOS and Android devices.
Accommodation, return to work, Employee Assistance Plans, stigma, suicide prevention and peer support strategies for organizations.
When employees have mental illnesses, effective accommodation can help them stay productive at work. Learn to leverage resources, manage co-worker reactions and support a successful return to work after leave.
This collection of activities, videos and audio clips can help you manage stressful, anxious or depressive thoughts through self-regulation techniques.
These resources can help increase mental health awareness and support positive well-being both in and out of work.
How to identify and address potential discrimination and promote inclusivity. Engage your workforce to support psychological safety for all.
How to identify employee burnout, recognize workplace factors and take pro-active steps for prevention. These strategies can help protect overachievers and those recovering from burnout.
Support psychological safety by approaching workplace issues in terms of solutions instead of problems.