Mental health at work resources

---

EARN’s Mental Health Toolkit is a gateway to background, tools and resources that can help employers learn more about mental health issues and cultivate a welcoming and supportive work environment for employees who may be facing mental health issues. It also presents an easy-to-follow framework for fostering a mental health-friendly workplace, all built around the “4 A’s”: Awareness, Accommodations, Assistance and Access.

This article goes into detail about mental health conditions that are prevalent in the workplace, such as stress, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. The resource provides information on how managers can support the mental health of individual employees, and how employees can support each other.

The SOLVE training package focuses on the prevention of psychosocial risks and the promotion of health and well-being at work through policy design and action. It includes a participant's workbook, a trainer's guide, lesson plans and CD-ROM with presentations and background materials. It aims to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate the topics into an occupational safety and health policy and a workplace health promotion action programme.

This report provides valuable information on psychosocial risk management in the workplace. It contains a conceptual framework, analysis of the data, discussion of results and policy recommendations addressing the management of psychosocial risks.

This guide, published by international professional services company Ernst & Young, suggests actions which organisations can take to improve mental health and well-being of their workers.

This document provides guideline on the General Nordic Questionnaire for psychological and social factors at work, as well as the instrument itself. This tool has good psychometric properties and is available in Nordic languages and in English.

This questionnaire is intended for measuring the effort-reward imbalance at work that can lead to stress. It has good psychometric properties and is available in the following languages: Brazilian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Swedish. For commercial purposes the author needs to be contacted for permission (information on the link provided).

The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) is a tool developed at NRCWE in Denmark with the aim of assessing and improving the psychosocial work environment. It has good psychometric properties and is available in three versions: short for companies, medium for advisory purposes, long for scientific purposes. The questionnaire is available in the following languages: Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, German, Malaysian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.

This training module allows employees and managers to assess common workplace scenarios that can impact mental health of employees. The module gives the user options for exploring different actions and provides insights for employees and managers on the best approaches and likely outcomes.

Easy-to-read, question-and-answer fact sheet about how to address and support mental health at work.

Short guidelines consist of actions organisations can take to prevent common mental health problems in the workplace, in order to improve their practices and reduce psychosocial risks. The guidelines are intended to complement existing legislative requirements for occupational health and safety and the prevention and management of discrimination and harassment.

The free resource for organizations with proactive, comprehensive ways to assess the psychological health and safety of their specific workplaces, along with information on appropriate solutions and a method of measuring the effectiveness of those solutions. It includes a practical assessment tool, evaluation tools to measure progress and outcomes, explanation of concepts as well as the business case and some legal and health considerations addressing psychological health and safety in the workplace.

This website provides free information, tools and resources available to employers to address psychological health and safety and mental health.

The public reporting guidelines on employee engagement ad wellbeing provide a framework for taking a strategic, proactive and integrated approach to employee wellbeing and engagement. The five segments of the model cover the actions businesses need to take to create an environment in which employees can flourish.

The interactive flowchart that provides recommendations on promoting well-being at work.

The e-guide to managing stress and psychosocial risks provides information about work-related stress and psychosocial risks to foster awareness, understanding and management of these issues in the workplace. It is designed to respond to the needs of employers and people working in small enterprises, who are starting to approach psychosocial risks in the workplace, and who need to get guidance on the first steps, such as explanations of the terms, effects on business, practical examples, national legislations, etc. The guide is available in national versions of EU Member States.

We Are Union is Victorian Trades Hall Council's campaigning and advocacy network. The resource provides information on stress, including definitions, legal standards, action plan, checklists for stress risk assessment and first aid, along with additional resources.

The Napo series of films are produced in computer graphics. They feature characters in the world of work, faced with safety issues.

Short factsheets about Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), work/life balance and workplace stress.

Comprehensive guidance on work-related stress. It provides an overview of the background, the challenges and measures for the prevention of work-related stress. It is available in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.

Guidance for the prevention of stress and violence in the workplace. It includes information on the approach, assessment, interventions and monitoring and evaluation. This document is written in English and Malaysian.

Brief good practice guideline on improving the mental wellbeing of workers in the telecommunications sector. It includes information on work hazards to mental health, mitigating harm and assisting rehabilitation as well as implementation of good practices.

OSHwiki is based on the wiki concept (see Wikipedia) of developing an online encyclopaedia where users collaborate to create and share knowledge. It provides information on psychosocial risks and workers' health.

This study aimed to assess the working environment, the employers’ possibilities and willingness to carry out risk assessment, ways to manage risks and the steps being taken towards progressive improvement in OHS.

This resource provides information on the management standards to address work-related stress, including preparing the organization, identifying the risk factors, evaluating the risks, recording data and monitoring and reviewing.

This resource provides information on what needs to be considered when managing health and safety and assessing the risks in the workplace. It includes information on the planning for health and safety, controlling the risks, providing supervision, training and information, among others.

This toolkit on the assessment and control of workplace psychosocial hazards includes relevant definitions, common causes of mental health conditions, legal framework (focusing on Ontario, Canada), possible actions to take and additional resources.

Short document on guidance regarding psychosocial risk assessment.

The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard) is a set of voluntary guidelines, tools and resources intended to guide organizations in promoting mental health and preventing psychological harm at work. This resource includes the Standard, the implementation guide, case study research report and additional resources.

This report provides valuable information on drivers and barriers for psychosocial risk management in the workplace. It contains policy context, translation of policy into practice, conceptual framework of the report as well as data analysis and discussion.

The Heads Up ROI tool helps to calculate the potential cost savings of taking action to create a mentally healthy workplace, based on the business size and industry. It draws on analysis by PwC, which averages out the impact of seven common workplace mental health initiatives.

The SOLVE training package focuses on the prevention of psychosocial risks and the promotion of health and well-being at work through policy design and action. It includes a participant's workbook, a trainer's guide, lesson plans and CD-ROM with presentations and background materials. It aims to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate the topics into an occupational safety and health policy and a workplace health promotion action programme.

This manual, intended for companies, includes easy-to-apply checkpoints for identifying stressors in working life and mitigating their harmful effects. It also provides guidance on linking workplace risk assessment with the process of stress prevention.

In 2009, a case study collection on mental health at work was conducted by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). The present report is based on this collection of good practice examples. The aim of this report was to review the collated case studies, with the primary aim of equipping practitioners, policy makers and employers to draw conclusions from these studies, and take these into account when implementing programmes that target mental health in the workplace.

The ProMenPol toolkit provides a process manual for each of the stages of mental health promotion implementation as well as an enhanced search function. The manual provides step-by-step instructions on how to implement a mental health promotion project, including preparations, needs assessment, implementation and follow-up and evaluation.

Mind is an initiative that provides advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. It offers resources and materials for managers on how to address mental health in their organizations.

A guideline providing information on how to appropriately support workers with mental health conditions. It also provides the information about how to develop and promote a safe and healthy work environment for all workers.

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) has taken the initiative to help promote mental health in workplaces. This resource is intended for employers and managers. It offers business case and practical advice mental health promotion and stress prevention, as well as how to manage and support individuals who are experiencing stress, and mental health conditions. In addition, this resource contains a 7-step plan on how to create a mentally healthy workplace.

The report provides findings of the National Employee Mental Wellbeing Survey as well as examples of good company practices addressing workplace mental health, including return to work.

This document is a part of the Mental Health Policy and Service Guidance Package. It provides information for relevant stakeholders on development of workplace policies addressing mental health, including support of workers with mental health conditions.

Good practices of interventions for work-related stress (including violence and bullying at the workplace), using the PRIMA-EF framework best-practice criteria for the evaluation of interventions.

The Heads Up resources provide organizations with simple steps to creating a mentally healthy workplace and offers videos and flexible action plans that can be tailored for every size organization.

The European Network for Workplace Health Promotion (ENWHP) started an initiative to help promote mental health in workplaces. This website offers guides for employers mental health promotion, good practices in psychosocial risk prevention and other useful resources.