Course Description

Course Outline

Lesson 1.    Mental Health Statistics

• Mental health statistics over time
• Current state of mental health statistics
• Statistics and impacts of mental health in the workplace

Lesson 2.    Comparing Positive and Negative Drivers

• Negative drivers to mental health
• Positive drivers to mental health

Lesson 3.    Common Mental Health Diagnoses

• Overview of clinical definitions of depression, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse disorder, and dementia
• Behaviors and symptoms of depression, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse disorder, and dementia

Lesson 4.    Impact in the Workplace

• Connection of mental health to culture of the workplace
• Connection of mental health to employee performance, engagement, and retention
• Connection of mental health to financial outcomes in the workplace

Lesson 5.    Creating Programs, Policies, and Strategies

• Examples of policies to drive positive mental health in the workplace
• Examples of programs to drive positive mental health in the workplace
• States with Mental Health Laws: Georgia Mental Health Parity Act
• Explaining leadership with compassion
• Communication strategy of available resources and policies for awareness
• Discuss and brainstorm strategies with fellow participants that they may implement in a 15-minute breakout session

Lesson 6.    Assessments

• Assessment tools and strategies to gauge current and on-going state of employees’ mental health
• Assessment tools for the impact of policies, programs, and strategies
• Confidentiality

Lesson 7.    High Risk and Unsafe Behaviors

• Terms of other mental health illnesses including psychotic disorders
• High risk symptoms and behaviors of psychotic disorders, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse disorder, and dementia
• Actions to take, when, and how
• Examples of policies, procedures, and legalities in implementing a safe environment

Learner Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the increasing recognition of the role of mental health in our daily life, including at work
• Define common mental health terms, diagnoses, and symptoms
• Connect directly the impact of positive mental health in organizations to culture, employee performance, financials, and retention
• Compare drivers of positive and negative mental health behaviors and policies in the workplace
• Apply knowledge and gain tools to promote positive mental health in the workplace through policies, programs, and communication
• Assess current mental health status and strategies in workforce now and going forward
• Identify high risk/unsafe mental health behaviors and symptoms in the workplace and what actions to take