Easy but crucial actions you must take to build a mentally healthy workplace

In terms of overall health and welfare, work can have an enormous impact because though work brings meaning, structure and purpose to your life besides the monetary benefits and we also benefit from a sense of identity but working in a negative environment can have the opposite effect, which can be detrimental to our emotional and mental health. Easy but crucial actions you must take to build a mentally healthy workplace In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Muskan Chandra, Counselling Psychologist at Lissun, shared, “Long working hours, understaffing, a lack of support and harassment in the workplace can ramp up stress levels and contribute to mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and substance abuse. Normalising well-being dialogues at the workplace: Creating a culture where employees feel comfortable discussing mental health and general well-being with their colleagues and managers is also part of normalising healthy dialogue in the workplace. He shared, “By fostering open communication, providing mental health resources, encouraging work-life balance, educating employees on mental health and leading by example, we create a culture of support and understanding. Offer the employees access to an employee assistance program that provides confidential counselling services, mental health resources and support for personal and professional challenges.