What Is Mental Health Safety?

The concept of “Mental health safety” involves preventing

injury to the mental well-being of workers.

Why it is Important ?
➢ Poor mental health not only hurts the individual, it also
reduces corporate profits.

➢ More than half the world’s population are currently in work

and 15% of working-age adults live with a mental disorder.

➢ Depression and anxiety cost the global economy US$ 1

trillion each year predominantly from reduced productivity.

➢ Twelve billion working days are lost every year to

depression and anxiety alone.
What Are Factors Affecting
workers Mental health
safety?
These are the affecting factors

Poor Workplace relationship

Separated from the family.

Frequent travelling.

Poor Environment conditions.

Lack of Routine.

Long working hours.

Poor Organisational justice.

Low Work Clarity.

Lack of Recognition and rewards.

Violent and Traumatic events

Poor support from the colleague

10 Tips to Improve your mental heath/wellbeing
➢ Stigma is when someone sees you in a negative way because of your mental illness.

➢ Discrimination is when someone treats you in a negative way because of your

mental illness.

➢ Social stigma and discrimination can make mental health problems worse and
stop a person from getting the help they need.
 Some Question for us?

➢ Are we addressing mental health safety issue at our workplace?

➢ Have we incorporated mental health hazard at our work place HIRA?

➢ Have we taken any control measure for our work place to mitigate mental
health safety hazards ?

➢ Have we added mental health safety topic in your Monthly training

calendar?

As EHS officer we have to take care of workers physical safety as well as

mental health safety.

We cant afford to limit our definition of occupational health and safety to

only the “physical safety”.

Because WHO Said “Without mental health there can be NO true physical
health”
Thank You Team