Mental Health News & Advice

Mental health & wellbeing advice from Health Assured. See the latest news, awareness days and best tips for wellbeing at work & in life.

July 2020

Performance Related Pay

Performance Related Pay

Encouraging high performance levels at work can be difficult. One way employers can do this is through performance relat...Read more

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Jul 31 2020

Do Whistleblowers Have Legal Protection?

Do Whistleblowers Have Legal Protection?

Whistleblowing in the workplace occurs when an employee discloses certain wrongdoing within an organisation because they...Read more

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Jul 24 2020

Physical wellbeing—mental health benefits

Physical wellbeing—mental health benefits

Studies have shown that there is a 20% - 30% lower risk of depression and dementia for adults participating in daily phy...Read more

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Jul 24 2020

Dealing with change at work

Dealing with change at work

The only constant in life is change. Sounds like a pithy sentiment, but it’s absolutely true—we can certainly rely on th...Read more

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Jul 9 2020

June 2020

The importance of taking time and switching off to avoid burnout

The importance of taking time and switching off to avoid burnout

2020, then. It’s a stressful year for everyone—it seemed to start pretty well, but then COVID-19 happened, and we find o...Read more

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Jun 16 2020

April 2020

How much does an EAP Cost?

How much does an EAP Cost?

An employee assistance programme, or simply EAP, as it’s more commonly known, is an employee benefit programme designed ...Read more

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Apr 27 2020

Managing remote workers

Managing remote workers

At time of writing, we’re a few weeks deep into a nationwide lockdown. Other than a subset of key workers, a great many ...Read more

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Apr 22 2020

Supporting maternal mental health at work

Supporting maternal mental health at work

According to recent reports, up to 1 in 5 women develop mental health problems during pregnancy or in the first year aft...Read more

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Apr 21 2020

March 2020

Does counselling help depression?

Does counselling help depression?

Counselling is a form of talk therapy with a professional therapist. It involves non-judgmental listening to issues an e...Read more

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Mar 30 2020

Cognitive behavioural therapy for depression

Cognitive behavioural therapy for depression

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been proven effective as a form of talk therapy to help manage problems relating...Read more

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Mar 23 2020

Mental health training for managers

Mental health training for managers

Poor mental health at work is among the top reasons for staff absence in the UK. According to the National Institute for...Read more

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Mar 16 2020

What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

We’ve written extensively on the impacts of stress, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions to the workpl...Read more

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Mar 9 2020

How to handle an employee off with work-related stress

How to handle an employee off with work-related stress

When an employee experiences extreme levels of stress they might need to take some time off work to recover. In previous...Read more

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Mar 2 2020

February 2020

Mental health crisis

Mental health crisis

Managing a crisis can be a delicate and complicated affair. When it occurs in the workplace, offering the right support...Read more

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Feb 24 2020

Working with shingles

Working with shingles

What is shingles? Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a non-life threatening viral infection. The main symptoms of...Read more

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Feb 21 2020

Debt Awareness Week - How can employers help?

Debt Awareness Week - How can employers help?

According to the Office for National Statistics, the average UK household is in over £9,000 of debt.   While the Centr...Read more

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Feb 21 2020

Supporting an employee with bipolar disorder

Supporting an employee with bipolar disorder

Research has suggested that as many as 5% of the UK population are on the bipolar spectrum and 1 in 100 people are diagn...Read more

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Feb 20 2020

No Smoking Day

No Smoking Day

According to The World Health Organisation, tobacco kills up to half of its users. Every year in March, we acknowledge N...Read more

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Feb 13 2020

Mental health training for teachers

Mental health training for teachers

As part of the 2014 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey by the NHS, they found that up to 17% (one in six) of adults aged...Read more

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Feb 10 2020

Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement

An effective employee engagement strategy can empower your organisation and your people. Engaged employees give life to ...Read more

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Feb 6 2020

January 2020

Presenteeism at Work

Presenteeism at Work

At some point, all employees will encounter a mental or physical illness. And depending on the severity of it, they may ...Read more

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Jan 30 2020

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