healthy workforce healthy society .Based 2017 Mental health day mental health in the workplace

2. MENTAL HEALTH
IN THE WORK PLACE
Mrs. Ranju V
Assistant Professor
Teerthankar Mahaveer College of Nursing
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2017

3. HEALTHY WORKFORCE
HEALTHY SOCIETY

4. WORK PLACE
INFLUENCES
•Physical
•Mental
•Economic
•Social well being
INDIVIDUAL
SOCIETY

6. WORK PLACE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
Job Stress
CONFLICT
HARASSMENT VIOLENCE

7. • Physical health
• Erratic eating habits
• Not enough exercise
• High blood pressure
• Elevated cholesterol level
• Burnout - depression
• Heart diseases
• Stroke
• Obesity
• Eating disorders
• Diabetics
• Cancer
• Chronic depression

8. Depression can lead to
• Lost work productivity
• Sick leave
• Early retirement
• Financial loss

9. Stigma and
Discrimination
Employees facing mental health challenges
often choose to suffer in silence and/or avoid
getting help rather than face the stigma and
discrimination

11. THE OPPORTUNITY
Work place offers an ideal setting and
infrastructure to support the promotion of
health of a large numbers.

12. Healthy workers are
• Productive and raise healthy families.
• Key resource for innovation.
• Powerful determinants of health

13. Recommendations for sound employee
health management
Worksite health promotion / wellness programs

14. Role of the European Brain Council
European brain council EBC identified three pillars for
encouraging a healthy workforce
1. Drive education and awareness
2. Promote, prevention and treatment
3. Stimulate innovation
In 2016 the EBC began its own mental health in the
workplace campaign, Not Myself today.

15. Steps you can take to make the
most out of your current
situation

16. What are you passionate about ?
 What do you find more rewarding?
 What do you consider your strengths?
 Ask those around you for opinions and support
Figure out what you like and dislike

17. Assess your current needs
• Figure out what is troubling you.
• Has something changed your work place that is
impacting your job satisfaction?
• Are you bored and in need of a challenge or feel
you are being overworked?
• Are you being bullied at work?

18. • Instead of quitting your job Voice your
concerns to supervisors.
• Small conversation could have a massive
impact on your work.

19. Focus on skill you can learn and
improve
Try to gain as much experience as possible so that
you can not only feel a greater sense of purpose at
work but also have more to offer in your future
positions

20. Look for outside opportunities like
volunteering or education
• Advancing your education or gaining additional
experience outside of work could help in
creating future career opportunities.

21. Look for new work
Unhealthy work environment or a situation
that cannot be improved,
best option
find a new place of employment