workplace mental health

Ten days left to submit proposals to the Wellcome Trust for Workplace Mental Health 2021

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Dear Col­leagues,

Well­come are delight­ed to announce the launch of our Work­place Men­tal Health 2021 Request for Pro­pos­als.

Busi­ness­es all over the world are increas­ing­ly think­ing about how they can most effec­tive­ly sup­port the men­tal health of their staff, even more so in light of the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic. How­ev­er, despite grow­ing inter­est and invest­ment in work­place men­tal health, we still have so much to learn about what works. [Read more…] about Ten days left to sub­mit pro­pos­als to the Well­come Trust for Work­place Men­tal Health 2021

Comprehensive research review identifies most promising interventions to boost workplace mental health

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Image: Ellice Weaver/Wellcome

Why an evi­dence-dri­ven approach is the best way for busi­ness­es to sup­port work­place men­tal health (World Eco­nom­ic Forum):

Men­tal health has nev­er been high­er on the agen­da for busi­ness­es. It is easy to see why, as even pri­or to COVID-19, anx­i­ety and depres­sion were esti­mat­ed to cost the glob­al econ­o­my over $1 tril­lion every year in lost pro­duc­tiv­i­ty. The exo­dus from offices in 2020 has pre­sent­ed fur­ther chal­lenges and raised big ques­tions about future ways of work­ing … The absence of a deep and robust evi­dence base for approach­es to sup­port­ing work­place men­tal health is a prob­lem and can lead to well-inten­tioned busi­ness­es mak­ing crit­i­cal and sen­si­tive deci­sions in the dark. At best, such inter­ven­tions are work­ing and we just don’t know why or, at worst, they could be caus­ing harm to workforces…

[Read more…] about Com­pre­hen­sive research review iden­ti­fies most promis­ing inter­ven­tions to boost work­place men­tal health