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Mental Health First Aid: The Critical Skill Set Every Workplace Needs

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It’s standard practice to have multiple employees in every organization qualified in first aid so they can attend to physical injuries until professional medical help arrives. However, the same consideration is seldom extended toward mental stress and strain—otherwise known as mental health first aid—and that needs to change.

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Unlock Your Hidden Benefits

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EAPs provide rapid and near real-time support for a broad number of needs including mental health, substance abuse, stress, family issues and even legal advice. . The value of workplace benefits cannot be underestimated for workers. According to The U.S. Substance abuse impacts one out of every 11 U.S. Getting the most out of an EAP .

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Two in five people are working extra hours as cost-of-living crisis bites

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One in six (17 percent) has made further ‘savings’ by cutting back (or cancelling) their personal insurance cover, such as income protection, life insurance, and medical or dental insurance, and one in seven (14 percent) has reduced their pension contributions – decisions which may prove to have costly consequences in the future.

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5 Whole-Brain Design Strategies To Make Your Workplace More Innovative And Efficient

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Designing for people with neurodiversity requires a slight shift in our approach to a workplace design process Organizing workplaces into distinct zones can alleviate stress for people with neurodivergent conditions. For decades, design professionals have endeavored to make workplaces universally accessible for everyone.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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And excessive amounts of the “stress hormones” adrenaline and cortisol—released during negative states such as sadness, fear and anxiety—increase heart rate and blood pressure over time, triggering a host of other health problems. Focusing on well-being in the workplace pays off, too.

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