Mental Health

The Winter 2015 issue of vPSI Group's newsletter, H-E-A-R Say, includes an article discussing one of the most ignored risks in the workplace, mental health issues. Below is a selection of some of the many resources available online related to mental illness:

• https://www.211texas.org/cms/

• http://www.afsp.org/understanding-suicide/resources

• A Manager's Guide to Suicide Postvention in the Workplace.  This guidebook was developed to help companies deal with the immediate needs of a workgroup after the suicide of an employee/co-worker: http://carsonjspencer.org/files/5614/2072/5762/Managers_Guidebook.pdf

• http://www.drugabuse.gov/

• http://www.iasp.info/

• Factors Influencing the Return to Work after Depression - The Viewpoint and Role of Unions: http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/-irsst-publication-return-to-work-after-depression-r-847.html

• Supporting a Return to Work after an Absence for a Mental Health Problem: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Integrated Practices Program: http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/-irsst-publication-return-to-work-mental-health-problem-r-823.html

• http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/-irsst-publication-systematic-approach-for-identifying-the-psychological-health-and-work-related-determinants-of-occupational-disability-in-a-target-sector-r-759.html

• Workplace violence: http://www.irsst.qc.ca/prevention-violence/en/index.html

• http://www.mentalhealth.gov/

• http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/cs/take-a-course/

• http://www.menningerclinic.com/

• http://www.namitexas.org/

• Manager's Guide to Suicide Postvention in the Workplace - Crisis Care Network conference presentation: http://www.nieapa.org/conference2014/managers_guide_to_suicide_postvention.pdf 

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/index.shtml

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-america/index.shtml

• http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

• Partnership for Workplace Mental Health's program for depression called Right Direction: http://www.rightdirectionforme.com/

  • Online video presentation explaining the Right Direction's depression awareness program and how to implement it in your  workplace: http://vimeo.com/dmec/review/88289816/aa7160fdf3

• Free and impartial helpline for people troubled with drug and alcohol issues: https://www.rehab4alcoholism.com/

• http://www.rightdirectionforme.com/ForEmployers.html

• http://www.samhsa.gov/

• http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=suicide+and+prevention

• http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

• http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com/faq_suicide.shtml

• http://www.texas.gov/en/discover/Pages/topic.aspx?topicid=/health/mental

• http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

• http://www.webmd.com/depression/guide/depression-recognizing-signs-of-suicide

• DuPont's ICU (Identifying, Connecting and Understanding) mental health workplace program description: http://www.workplacementalhealth.org/Spotlights/ICU.aspx

• https://www.wristband.com/content/suicide-awareness-and-prevention