Roundup: 7 Stories for World Mental Health Day

Here’s what the data says about #brainhealth, #GenZ and #wellnessatwork

To mark World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization has urged making “mental health and well-being for all a global priority.” With the growing disease burden related to brain-health conditions, moving this aspiration into reality requires bold action and deep commitment from a broad range of stakeholders — with employers playing a critical role.

In earlier research, we highlighted what affects employee mental health and well-being. Now, we are examining who is most affected — and how leaders are in a position to improve employee mental health and well-being at scale by rethinking the workplace through a modern understanding of health.

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MHI regularly publishes new data exploring the intersection of brain health and Gen Z, employee health, and more. Here’s a roundup of some of our top-read articles:

• See what the #data says about the biggest drivers of #burnout: Addressing employee burnout: Are you solving the right problem??
• This interactive illustrates the opportunity for employers to address key workplace factors that lead to burnout: Moving the needle on burnout: What does the data say??
• Arianna Huffington explores topics including burnout, resilience, preventive care, the essence of a fulfilled life and the importance of sleep with MHI Global Co-Leader Erica Hutchins Coe : COVID-19: A catalyst to cancel burnout culture??
• New research delves into the biggest drivers of distress for Gen Z in Europe: Heat waves, the war in Ukraine, and stigma: Gen Z’s perspectives on mental health?
• In an interview with MHI Director of Brain Health Kana Enomoto , Harvard's Shekhar Saxena shares insights about why mental health is a borderless issue, actions that could improve mental-health outcomes and the importance of taking innovative approaches: ‘When it comes to mental health, all countries are developing countries’
• Poppy Jaman OBE, Hon.PhD, MBA. , CEO of the MindForward Alliance , shares her aspiration to remove shame from the mental health narrative in an interview with MHI Global Leader Martin Dewhurst : Leading with compassion: Prioritizing workplace mental health
• MHI Co-Leader Jacqui Brassey, PhD, MA, MAfN ??? (née Schouten) sits down with Jerks at Work?author Tessa West , who shares research and insights about the damaging effect of toxic behavior in the workplace and offers strategies for effectively coping with it: Toxic workplace behavior and employee burnout: Fix one, fix both?

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