Support Mental Health Month!

Here are some tips for the workplace: 16 Best Mental Health Awareness Month Ideas for Work

What is Mental Health? 

https://youtu.be/aNQBdIMM3mQ

How to manage your mental health:

https://youtu.be/rkZl2gsLUp4?si=sfTx-uCFogAu3fKx

Check out this article from World Economic Forum: 

How to design urban environments to avoid anxious cities | World Economic Forum

 


Upcoming Events
Resources
ToolKits for Employers

Upcoming Events:

 

RESOURCES

The following resources provide data to inform your department on decision-making and educating team members on mental health in the workplace.  These resources also include guidelines for mental health in the workplace, policy development, example action plans, best practices and more.  It also includes resources for responding to trauma, violence, substance use and family dysfunction.

National Library of Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3062016/

American Psychological Association
https://www.apa.org/topics/healthy-workplaces/mental-health

World Health Organization
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-at-work

SAMHSA Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative
https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/userfiles/files/SAMHSA_Trauma.pdf

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health
https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/userfiles/files/SAMHSA_Trauma.pdf

National Child Traumatic Stress Network
https://www.nctsn.org/resources/child-welfare-trauma-training-toolkit

VA Association of Community Services Boards, INC
https://vacsb.org/

VA Mental Health Access Program
https://vmap.org/resources/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItvf8hIHyhAMViE1HAR1SvQ4iEAAYBCAAEgLMwfD_BwE

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/

 

TOOLKITS FOR EMPLOYERS

U.S. Department of Labor
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/odep/program-areas/mental-health/employers

Center for Workplace Mental Health
https://workplacementalhealth.org/employer-resources/guides-and-toolkits/the-working-well-toolkit

https://workplacementalhealth.org/getmedia/20f708fc-72f1-45de-a118-37a20be2df3b/CWMH-May-Is-Mental-Health-Month-Toolkit

NC Chamber
https://ncchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/Mental-Health-Toolkit-for-Employers_FINAL.pdf

NRPA
https://www.nrpa.org/parks-recreation-magazine/2019/november/how-parks-and-recreation-can-support-mental-health-initiatives/
https://www.nrpa.org/publications-research/park-pulse/mental-health-benefits-of-parks-and-recreation/
https://www.nrpa.org/our-work/Three-Pillars/health-wellness/ParksandHealth/fact-sheets/parks-improved-mental-health-quality-life/

National Library of Medicine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5663018/

NCSU
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/news/2022/04/parks-green-spaces-improve-health/