Workplace Mental Health Assessment

The American Psychiatric Association Foundation’s Center for Workplace Mental Health, Mental Health America, and One Mind at Work have joined forces to connect employers with information and resources on workplace mental health. This site provides employers with what is needed to assess the workplace, raise awareness, end stigma, build a mentally healthy culture, and improve access to mental health supports.  
 

Attention to workplace mental health is focused well beyond people experiencing mental health challenges. Emphasis on proactive, preventative approaches that improve employee health and well-being along with performance, productivity, engagement, and retention are equally important.  Just as “health” is not defined simply by the absence of illness, good mental health represents the ability to be a fulfilled and resilient member of the team. 
 

Employers can play a key role in positively impacting the mental health and well-being of employees while reaping benefits in improved productivity, increased retention, lower overall health care costs, improved performance, and more.  The opportunity to improve mental health at work exists at the organizational and employee levels.