Stress and depression are the largest contributors to lost productivity in Australian workplaces.
 
Poor mental health and wellbeing affects staff morale, decreases productivity and increases absenteeism and presenteeism.

Listen to Blooming Minds Director, Tasha Broomhall, discuss the importance of mental illness in the workplace with RTR journalist Ben Ainslie.

Blooming Minds provides group training and individual consultancy services to assist organisations to understand the impact of mental health problems in their workplace and to minimise the human and economic impacts of employee stress, anxiety and depression.

Blooming Minds programs are designed to support an organisation’s existing EAP services. We teach supervisors and managers how to meet their obligations in supporting people with mental illness at work; to develop strategies to approach and support staff they suspect are experiencing mental health problems and teach all employees how to optimise their own mental health and wellbeing and prevent their individual mental health risks.

Blooming Minds programs include the award winning Mental Health First Aid training and are designed to improve mental health literacy in individuals and organisations. Developing resiliency and equipping participants to recognise and respond to mental illness in themselves and others is our core purpose. All programs can be customised to meet the needs of your group.

We hear about mental health and mental ill health a lot these days. But we don’t really think about it until we, or someone close to us, experiences mental health problems. There is a continuum of mental health. Sometimes we are really emotionally well and healthy, sometimes we experience mental health problems and sometimes mental illness.

Mental Health is a state of emotional and psychological well-being in which a person is able to:

• use their cognitive and emotional capabilities;
• function in society; and
• meet the ordinary demands of everyday life.

Mental Illness is a diagnosable illness which:

• affects a person’s thinking, emotional state and behaviour, and

• disrupts the person’s ability to work, carry out daily activities, and engage in satisfying relationships.

1 in 5 Australian adults will experience mental illness every year, but there’s a lot we can do to support our mental health and wellbeing.