In the Workplace

Risks to mental health at work can include:

• under-use of skills or being under-skilled for work;
• excessive workloads or work pace, understaffing;
• long, unsocial or inflexible hours;
• lack of control over job design or workload;
• unsafe or poor physical working conditions;
• organizational culture that enables negative behaviors;
• limited support from colleagues or authoritarian supervision;
• violence, harassment or bullying;
• discrimination and exclusion;
• unclear job role;
• under- or over-promotion;
• job insecurity, inadequate pay, or poor investment in career development; and
• conflicting home/work demands.

From World Health Organization - Mental Health at Work

Workplace Mental Health Programs:

• NIOSH Total Worker Health® Program | TWH | CDC
• U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):  Workplace Health Promotion
• CDC Workplace Health Resource Center | Workplace Health | CDC
• CDC Workplace Health Program | Workplace Health | CDC
• U.S. Department of Labor (dol.gov): Mental Health at Work
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General:  Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (osha.gov):  Workplace Stress - Overview
• Mental health at work (who.int)

Mental Health Supports:

• 988 Lifeline - If you need emotional support, reach out to the national mental health hotline
• Crisis Text Line | Text HOME to 741741 Free, 24/7 Mental Health Support
• Man Therapy® | Men's Mental Health Resources
• Suicide Resource and Response Network (srrn.net)
• Veterans Crisis Line
• Alliance of Hope For Suicide Loss Survivors | Home
• United Suicide Survivors International (unitesurvivors.com)
• Critical Incident Stress Management - CARE of Southeastern Michigan

Workplace Mental Health Resources:

• Mental Health Employer Cost Calculator - National Safety Council
• US Department of Labor-Office of Disability Employment
• What You Can Do Campaign
• World Health Organization
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Michigan Recovery Friendly Workplace – Recovery Friendly Workplace (recoveryfriendlymi.com)
• Workplace Mental Health | Eisenberg Family Depression Center
• Workplace mental health training | Mental Health America (mhanational.org)
• Corporation for Skilled Workforce
• American Psychiatric Association, Center for Workplace Mental Health:  Workplace Mental Health
• Construction Working Minds
• Construction Industry Alliance for Suicide Prevention (CIASP)
• A 5-part toolkit for fostering worker well-being | MIT Sloan
• Suicide Prevention and Postvention | TAPS
• Support Employees Mental Health During Traumatic Events | NAMI StigmaFree

Mental Health Trainings:

• National Council for Mental Wellbeing
• Great Lakes Bay Region Mental Health Partnership:  Mental Health First Aid
• EmotionalCPR.org
• Hard Hat Safety Provisions Inc.: Mental Health Training Kit
• Supervisor Training Individual Registration – Michigan Assisted Living Association (MALA)
• Create A Trauma-Informed Workplace: 5 Key Principles For Supportive Teams | CTRI

Research & Survey Reports:

• Michigan Suicide Prevention Commission Annual Report 2024
• American Psychological Association:  American Workforce Faces Compound Pressures APA’s 2021 Work and Well-being Survey results
• American Heart Association:  Mental Health, A Workforce Crisis
• World Health Organization:  Healthy Workplaces - Model for Action
• Michigan State University Department of Organizational Psychology
• UMass Lowell:  Stress @ Work
• Tufts Medical Center Study of High Cost of Mental Disorders
• The Luv U Project
• Develop programs and policies that support employee mental health (apa.org)
• Amplifying Wellbeing at Work and Beyond Through the Power of Recognition (ctfassets.net)
• Workplace Suicide Prevention - Construction Working Minds White Paper 2024
• Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder by Industry | CBHSQ Data (samhsa.gov)
• The Benefits and Risks of Adolescent Employment - PMC (nih.gov)
• Suicide Rates By Profession: Where Does Nursing Fall? (registerednursing.org)
• Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences | OHSU

Successful Models:

• Chicago Resiliency Network
• City of New York - Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health

Related Information:

• Ted Talk: Workplace Mental Health – all you need to know
• The Economic Cost of Poor Employee Mental Health (Gallup)
• It’s a New Era for Mental Health at Work (Harvard Business Review)
• Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace: A Guide (Indeed)
• 5 Workplace Mental Health Questions To Include In Employee Pulse and Employee Engagement Surveys
• Percent Who Feel Employer Cares About Their Wellbeing Plummets
• American Psychiatric Association:  Resilience: A Strong Workforce Needs It
• OSHA Highlights Stress and Mental Health in the Workplace | Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog (environmentalsafetyupdate.com)
• Develop programs and policies that support employee mental health (apa.org)
• Today’s Most Critical Workplace Challenges Are About Systems (hbr.org)
• Do’s and don’ts for employers confronted with employee mental health issues - Central Penn Business Journal (cpbj.com)
• Suicide and Mental Health Challenges in the Construction Industry | National Academies
• 10 Most Common Problems in the Workplace | Glass Magazine
• Moral injury: the effect on mental health and implications for treatment (thelancet.com)
• Employees Are Sick of Being Asked to Make Moral Compromises (hbr.org)
• Today’s Leaders Need Vulnerability, Not Bravado (hbr.org)
• Train your managers to promote health and well-being (apa.org)
• Technostress - Wikipedia