Beyond Workers’ Compensation

The mental health of men is an important issue with significant direct and indirect costs emerging from work-related depression and suicide. Although the merits of men’s community-based and workplace mental health promotion initiatives have been endorsed, few programs are mandated or formally evaluated and reported on. Conspicuously absent also are gender analyses detailing connections between masculinities and men’s work-related depression and suicide on which to build men-centered mental health promotion programs. This article provides an overview of four interconnected issues, (a) masculinities and men’s health, (b) men and work, (c) men’s work-related depression and suicide, and (d) men’s mental health promotion, in the context of men’s diverse relationships to work (including job insecurity and unemployment). Based on the review, recommendations are made for advancing the well-being of men who are in as well as of those out of work.

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Mental health promotion in the workplace: a European perspective

Journal of Public Mental Health ◽

10.1108/17465729200600008 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 29-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karl Kuhn

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Good Practice ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Current Evidence ◽

Individual Member ◽

Work Related ◽

Workplace Mental Health ◽

Related Stress

The links between work and mental health are gaining increasing recognition both within individual member states and at European Community level as a whole. Yet it is also well recognised that employment has significant benefits for mental health and well‐being. This paper reviews current evidence on the negative mental health impacts of employment, the key factors in work‐related stress and European policies for promoting mental health in the workplace. It ends with some examples of good practice in workplace mental health promotion drawn from a range of European countries.

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Men’s Mental Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988317728353 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1823-1837 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Cherisse L. Seaton ◽

Joan L. Bottorff ◽

Margaret Jones-Bricker ◽

John L. Oliffe ◽

Damen DeLeenheer ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Work Performance ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Health Promotion Programs ◽

Mental Wellness ◽

Male Specific ◽

Health Promotion Interventions

There is an increasing need for mental health promotion strategies that effectively engage men. Although researchers have examined the effectiveness of diverse mental wellness interventions in male-dominated industries, and reviewed suicide prevention, early intervention, and health promotion interventions for boys and men, few have focused on sex-specific program effects. The purpose of this review was to (a) extend the previous reviews to examine the effectiveness of mental health promotion programs in males, and (b) evaluate the integration of gender-specific influences in the content and delivery of men’s mental health promotion programs. A search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and EMBASE databases for articles published between January 2006 and December 2016 was conducted. Findings from the 25 included studies indicated that a variety of strategies offered within (9 studies) and outside (16 studies) the workplace show promise for promoting men’s mental health. Although stress was a common area of focus (14 studies), the majority of studies targeted multiple outcomes, including some indicators of positive well-being such as self-efficacy, resilience, self-esteem, work performance, and happiness/quality of life. The majority of programs were offered to both men and women, and six studies explicitly integrated gender-related influences in male-specific programs in ways that recognized men’s interests and preferences.

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Community-embedded positive mental health promotion programs for the general population: A scoping review protocol

10.31234/osf.io/hkyrp ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Taylor Hill ◽

Lindsay Heyland ◽

Jodi Langley ◽

Alanna Kaser ◽

Sophie Keddy

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Community Mental Health ◽

Grey Literature ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Positive Mental Health ◽

The Body ◽

Health Promotion Programs ◽

Review Protocol ◽

Study Methodology

Objective: To chart the body of literature on Positive Mental Health Promotion (PMHP) programing and to document the current PMHP in one Canadian province to provide insight into the types, scope, and nature of the programs currently and historically available to community residents in this province. Introduction: Positive mental health promotion is an emerging field within community mental health. Programming and policy efforts devoted to promoting mental health are emerging. These efforts are varied in scope and nature, and there is little consensus or evidence based best practices, and alignment with the provincial mental health policy.Inclusion criteria: Peer-reviewed literature relevant to community mental health promotion, and grey literature that contains details of relevant programs accessible to the general community.Methods: A preliminary search strategy in PubMed, EBSCO, and PsychINFO was developed with a librarian and a JBI-trained researcher. Primary studies published after 2000 in English evaluating or documenting PMHPs, will be included. Grey literature from an environmental scan of existing local programs will be included. Data to be extracted includes, study methodology and methods, program scope, content, materials, evaluation and outcomes

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Challenges to Mental Health Promotion Among Working Women in Canada

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health ◽

10.7870/cjcmh-1993-0011 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 201-210

Author(s):

Susan A. McDaniel

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Women Workers ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Working Women ◽

Premature Death ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Psychological Benefits

Health promotion efforts have concentrated on promoting physical well-being with psychological benefits perhaps most often among men. With greater proportions of women now working, the workplace provides excellent opportunities for health promotion and education for women. Given increasing recognition that stress, multiple roles, and inadequate job rewards result in loss of productivity, absenteeism, illness, addiction, and premature death, it seems time to explore workplace programs of mental health promotion aimed specifically toward women workers. In this paper, current knowledge about the mental health problems experienced by working women is outlined. Some principles on which mental health promotion programs for women in the workplace might build are specified.

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Systematic review of resilience-enhancing, universal, primary school-based mental health promotion programs

BMC Psychology ◽

10.1186/s40359-018-0242-3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Amanda Fenwick-Smith ◽

Emma E. Dahlberg ◽

Sandra C. Thompson

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Systematic Review ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Primary School ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

School Based ◽

Health Promotion Programs

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Personal and Job Factors Associated with Teachers’ Active Listening and Active Empathic Listening

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci7070117 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (7) ◽

pp. 117

Author(s):

Ntina Kourmousi ◽

Kalliope Kounenou ◽

Vasiliki Yotsidi ◽

Vasiliki Xythali ◽

Kyriakoula Merakou ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Interpersonal Communication ◽

Well Being ◽

Attitude Scale ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Active Listening ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Empathic Listening

Active listening is important for effective interpersonal communication, a prerequisite for successful teaching. The presented cross-sectional study examined personal and work factors associated to active listening in 3.995 Greek schools’ educators of all teaching levels and specialties. The study questionnaire posted on official and main teachers’ portals included personal and working data items, the Active Empathic Listening Scale (AELS), and the Active Listening Attitude Scale (ALAS). Multiple linear regression was used to identify independently associated factors with AELS and ALAS dimensions, and standardized regression coefficients were performed to measure the effect of independent variables. Regarding AELS, gender had the greatest effect on the Sensing subscale, followed by age and mental health promotion training. Years of teaching had the greatest effect on Processing subscale, followed by higher studies. Gender had the greatest effect on Responding subscale, followed by age, higher studies, and mental health promotion training. Concerning ALAS, mental health promotion training and support from colleagues had the greatest effect on Listening attitude subscale, gender and mental health promotion training had the greatest effect on Listening skill subscale, and gender, age, and years of teaching had the greatest effect on Conversation opportunity subscale. The identification of enhancing factors like training in mental health promotion could significantly contribute in designing training that can simultaneously benefit teachers’ skills and students’ psychosocial well-being.

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Mental health promotion: Guidance and strategies

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.10.001 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 81-86 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

G. Kalra ◽

G. Christodoulou ◽

R. Jenkins ◽

V. Tsipas ◽

N. Christodoulou ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Psychiatric Disorders ◽

Psychiatric Morbidity ◽

Public Mental Health ◽

Population Group ◽

Well Being ◽

Mental Health Promotion ◽

Targeted Interventions ◽

Population Mental Health

AbstractPublic mental health incorporates a number of strategies from mental well-being promotion to primary prevention and other forms of prevention. There is considerable evidence in the literature to suggest that early interventions and public education can work well for reducing psychiatric morbidity and resulting burden of disease. Educational strategies need to focus on individual, societal and environmental aspects. Targeted interventions at individuals will also need to focus on the whole population. A nested approach with the individual at the heart of it surrounded by family surrounded by society at large is the most suitable way to approach this. This Guidance should be read along with the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) Guidance on Prevention. Those at risk of developing psychiatric disorders also require adequate interventions as well as those who may have already developed illness. However, on the model of triage, mental health and well-being promotion need to be prioritized to ensure that, with the limited resources available, these activities do not get forgotten. One possibility is to have separate programmes for addressing concerns of a particular population group, another that is relevant for the broader general population. Mental health promotion as a concept is important and this will allow prevention of some psychiatric disorders and, by improving coping strategies, is likely to reduce the burden and stress induced by mental illness.

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