Steps to Create a Mentally Healthy Workplace
There are many different ways to create a mentally healthy workplace. Most models, however, use an integrated approach to workplace mental health (see LaMontagne et al., 2014) which promotes these three components:
Prevent Harm: involves minimizing work-related risks to mental health.
Promote Health: invovles using positive workplace and leadership practices to promote staff wellbeing.
Recognise and Manage Illness: involves recognising and supporting employees who may be expeirencing mental health problems.
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Additional Resources
- Heads Up. Developing a Workplace Mental Health Strategy [Download]: This guide provides a practical, step-by-step guide for organisations to develop and implement a tailored mental health and wellbeing strategy for staff. It discusses how to overcome challenges, and provides useful information and templates.
- Heads Up. Creating a Mentally Healthy Workplace: This guide overviews how to address workplace risk factors and create an action plan for mental health.
