Workplace Mental Health
Mental health and stress affect businesses and their employees, causing issues with job performance and productivity, engagement with work, communication with coworkers, and physical capabilities and daily functioning.
From Our Collection
The US Office of the Surgeon General has created a Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being, which is intended to spark organizational dialogue and change in the workplace. Centered around the foundational principles of equity and the voices of all workers, it includes five Essentials and necessary components for addressing workplace mental health and well-being based on human needs.
Research & Data
Curricula & Lesson Plans
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
A 4-lesson unit plan for high school psychology teachers, developed by the Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) of the American Psychological Association (APA).
Locate a Treatment Facility
Videos
Podcasts
- Hope Starts With Us, Episode 13: Workplace Mental Health (NAMI)
- Mental Health Works Podcast
- Speaking of Psychology: Why Psychological Safety Matters in a Changing Workplace, with Dennis Stolle, PhD
- Strategies to Prevent Burnout and Improve Work-Life Balance
- Why We’re Burned Out and What to Do About It - Speaking of Psychology
Trainings
- Behavioral Health and Substance Use Awareness in the Workplace (Mid-America ATTC):
- Research-Backed Methods to Drive Engagement in Mental Health in the Workplace (Right Direction for Me)
- Understanding the Connections Between Workplace Bullying and Burnout Among Victim Advocates (Office for Victims of Crime)
- Well@Work: Nurturing Resilience and Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress (Administration for Children and Families)