Mental Wealth: An Essential Guide to Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Mental Wealth reveals an approach to workplace mental health and wellbeing that is proven to actually get results. Despite having a huge impact on the productivity, profitability, and culture of organizations, there is very little guidance currently provided to managers and leaders on how to effectively manage workplace mental health and wellbeing. What does exist is often focused on the legal aspects of minimizing risk that it misses the psychology of workplace mental health and high performance and actually ends up creating risk for workplaces. Mental Wealth is a guide for managers and leaders on how to manage employees who may be experiencing mental health issues in the workplace. Founders of the Workplace Mental Health Institute, Peter Diaz and Emi Golding, provide an essential foundation for addressing workplace mental health. Some of the essential foundations discussed include dispelling myths about workplace mental health, the factors that cause and contribute to mental health issues, the impact those factors are having on workplaces, the benefits of addressing mental health appropriately, and 7 Pillars for a mentally Wealthy Workplace. Mental Wealth also includes case studies and practical strategies that can be implemented for immediate results. Table of Contents Preface Foreword Introduction PART ONE: THE PROBLEM WITH WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH 1. What is a Mental Illness? 2. Identifying Mental Health Issues 3. The Costs and Causes of Worsening Mental Health in the Workplace 4. The Manager’s Role PART TWO: THE 7 PILLARS OF A MENTALLY WEALTHY WORKPLACE What is Mental Wealth? Pillar 1: We Not You Pillar 2: Organisational Plasticity Pillar 3: Nothing About Me Without Me Pillar 4: Total Integration Pillar 5: Mutual Responsibility Pillar 6: Understanding Complexity Pillar 7: Wrap-around Strategies Conclusion About the Authors And the Workplace Mental Health Institute