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Sharon Duffy Mental Health First Aider (MHFA) England

Sharon Duffy Mental Health First Aider (MHFA) England. - Promoting Mental Health Awareness in The Workplace - Seminars/Workshops - Visitation Dog - Someone to Talk to Tel: 07710 026566 Email: sharonduffyuk@gmail.com. Mental Health First Aider (MHFA)England.

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Sharon Duffy Mental Health First Aider (MHFA) England

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  1. Sharon DuffyMental Health First Aider (MHFA) England - Promoting Mental Health Awareness in The Workplace - Seminars/Workshops - Visitation Dog - Someone to Talk to Tel: 07710 026566 Email: sharonduffyuk@gmail.com

  2. Mental Health First Aider (MHFA)England

  3. The Role of a Mental Health First Aider • To be a point of contact for an employee who is experiencing a mental health issue or emotional distress. • MHFAs are a recovery control, as workers must have developed and be affected by feelings such as anxiety and depression before they ask for help • As well as in a crisis, MHFAs are valuable in providing early intervention help for someone who may be developing a mental health issue. • Early referral to an MHFA, before the onset of a chronic condition, may mean subsequence medical assistance is applied earlier and has a better chance of being effective more quickly • This interaction could range from having an initial conversation through to supporting the person to get appropriate help. • Appointing MHFAs in the workplace may be additional to providing Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs)

  4. Benefits of Appointing MHFAs in The Workplace • Is the boost to mental health awareness it can provide throughout an organisation • Advocates for mental wellbeing • Can help to reduce the stigmatisation associated with experiencing mental ill-health Benefits of an outsourced MHFAs Some workers might not want to seek help from a particular individual, a choice should be made available where possible

  5. What is Mental Health • Mental health is about how we think, feel and behave • Anxiety and depression are the most common health problems. They are often a reaction to a difficult life event, such as a bereavement, but can also be caused by work-related issues • Work can also aggravate pre-existing conditions, and problems at work can bring on symptoms or make their effects worse

  6. What Is Stress Stress is a reaction to events or experiences in someone’s home life, work life or a combination of both. Common mental health problems can have a single cause outside work, for example bereavement, divorce, postnatal depression, a medical condition or a family history of the problem. But people can have these sorts of problems with no obvious causes. Where stress is prolonged it can lead to both physical and psychological damage, including anxiety and depression

  7. Did you know that we say “I’m Fine” 14 times per week but mean it just a fifth of the time Mental Health in The Workplace

  8. Why people don’t talk about mental health

  9. Employers legal responsibility to help their employees

  10. So, how to get people talking?

  11. Marley

  12. Dogs in the workplace can help to:

  13. Petting a dog for just 15 Minutes releases the feel-good hormones serotonin, prolactin and oxytocin,and it lowers the stress hormone cortisol

  14. IOSH – Mental Health First Aiders:Workplace considerations

  15. Sharon DuffyMental Health First Aider (MHFA) England - Promoting Mental Health Awareness in The Workplace - Seminars/Workshops - Visitation Dog - Someone to Talk to Tel: 07710 026566 Email: sharonduffyuk@gmail.com

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