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Research
CONFESSIONS

COMPLETED IN 2019

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PROJECT |

How can mental health awareness and initiatives affect workplace productivity, happiness, and success? What ways can a company attempt to support these initiatives?

THE ADVANTAGES OF MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT IN THE WORKPLACE

ANATOMY OF THE PROJECT

What Is 
MENTAL HEALTH?

Workplace
MENTAL HEALTH

Effects on
PRODUCTIVITY

Management
TRAINING

Types of Employee
SUPPORT

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RESEARCH REFERENCES

Association for Psychological Science. (2011, July 19). Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction, and Productivity - They're a Virtuous Cycle - Association for Psychological Science. Retrieved from Association for Psychological Science: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/work-engagement-job-satisfaction-and-productivitytheyre-a-virtuous-cycle.html


Center for Workplace Mental Health. (2010, March). Workplace Mental Health - Unilever. Retrieved from Workplace Mental Health: http://workplacementalhealth.org/Case-Studies/Unilever


Center for Workplace Mental Health. (2016, October). Workplace Mental Health - American Express. Retrieved from Workplace Mental Health: http://www.workplacementalhealth.org/Case-Studies/American-Express


Center for Workplace Mental Health. (2016, January). Workplace Mental Health - Prudential Financial, Inc. Retrieved from Workplace Mental Health: http://workplacementalhealth.org/Case-Studies/Prudential-Financial-Inc


Holmes, L. (2016, May 16). What Happens When Major Companies Take Mental Health Seriously | HuffPost Life. Retrieved from Huffington Post: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mental-health-workplace_n_572b5a92e4b016f37894d142


Milligan-Saville, J. S., Tan, L., Gayed, A., Barnes MD, C., Madan MD, I., Dobson, M., . . . Harvey Ph. D., S. B. (2017, November). Workplace mental health training for managers and its effect on sick leave in employees: a cluster randomised control trial. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4(11), 850-858. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036617303723
 

National Research Council. (2013). Physical and Social Environmental Factors. In I. o. Medicine, Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health (pp. 192-206). Washington D.C.: National Academies Press. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK154491/
 

Scharff Ph.D, C. (2019). Understanding and Choosing Better Coping Skills. Retrieved from Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ending-addiction-good/201609/understanding-and-choosing-better-coping-skills
 

Shobe, K. (2018). Productivity Driven by Job Satisfaction, Physical Work Environment, Management Support and Job Autonomy. Business and Economics Journal, 9(2), 1-9. Retrieved from https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/productivity-driven-by-job-satisfaction-physical-work-environmentmanagement-support-and-job-autonomy-2151-6219-1000351.pdf
 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. (2019). What Is Mental Health? Retrieved from MentalHealth.gov: https://www.mentalhealth.gov/basics/what-is-mental-health
 

Waller Wellness Center. (2019). Healthy Behaviors for a Healthier Lifestyle. Retrieved from Waller Wellness Center: https://www.wallerwellness.com/healthy-behaviors-for-a-healthier-lifestyle
 

World Health Organization. (2017, September). WHO | Mental health in the workplace. Retrieved from World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/mental_health/in_the_workplace/en/

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