The awareness of mental health in the workplace is growing – and quite right too. Workshops, webinars and conferences are driving important messages about stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, OCD and schizophrenia. Companies are training their managers in how to have conversations that will get people openly talking about their…
Mental health is an increasing problem in the workplace today, according to new research from Bupa. The following sentence really caught my eye; "The data shows the number of people receiving mental health treatments has increased by 53 per cent in the last decade, with stress and anxiety being the…
Too many Young Professionals are burnt out and undervalued. This is a report on the results of a Snapshot Survey I recently carried out. This survey is a short (10 questions) anonymous, web-based survey of Young Professionals aged between 21 and 32 conducted in April 2017 in the UK. Burnt…
Mental Health is the condition of your psychological and emotional wellbeing Everyone has ‘mental health’ just as we all have ‘physical health’. It’s about how healthy your mind is in relation to how you feel about yourself (self-esteem and self-confidence) and people you come into contact with, how well your…
"Burnout is when you are emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted" - Susan Scott It was Hans Selye (1907- 1982) who first gave a scientific explanation for biological stress. He called his model the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). The GAP states that an event that threatens an organism’s well-being (a stressor)…
"Burnout is when you are emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted" - Susan Scott Burnout has many causes. Often, but not exclusively, burnout stems from feelings of overwork and undervalue at work. This in turn can be caused by some or all of the following; Feeling that you have little or…
"Burnout is when you are emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted" - Susan Scott Burnout is terrible. It severely and adversely affects the lives of those who suffer as well as their families, friends and colleagues. Burnout has both a personal cost and an organisational cost. It is in the best…