Beyond Tea and Tissues : Protecting and Promoting Mental Health at Work.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milner, Karen.

Contributor:

Ancer, Judith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial psychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Beyond Tea and Tissues

Place of Publication:

London : Knowledge Resources, 2021.

Summary:

The business case for dealing with mental health and wellbeing in the workplace is absolutely clear. Not only are the workplace costs associated with poor mental health significant, but positive mental health (manifested as employee engagement and other positive mental health states) has been found to play a key role in organisational success. _x000D__x000D_Beyond Tea and Tissues will empower and educate mental health and employee wellbeing professionals, managers, HR practitioners, and employers across the spectrum with the insights, evidence and practical tools needed to protect employees, prevent harm and promote thriving. _x000D__x000D_This actionable handbook covers a wide range of burning issues, such as:_x000D__x000D_* Understanding the role of the manager or HR practitioner in working with mental health problems_x000D_* Cultural issues to consider when managing mental health at work_x000D_* Identifying and managing personality, mood and anxiety disorders in the workplace_x000D_* Best practices for tackling workplace bullying or violence-prone people at work_x000D_* Recognising and assisting employees with addiction problems_x000D_* Helping employees work through difficult life experiences_x000D_* Practical strategies for managing a mental health crisis at work_x000D_* Early warning signs of mental health difficulties_x000D_* What to do if you suspect something is wrong_x000D_* What NOT to do after a mental health crisis_x000D_* And more!_x000D__x000D_Beyond Tea and Tissues offers ACTIONABLE STEPS that can be taken today, to optimise employee wellbeing and manage distress, trauma and mental illness in the workplace.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

About the authors

Foreword by Andrew Davies

Acronyms used

Chapter 1

Introduction

Conclusion

Chapter 2

Mental illness: fact, fiction, stigma and stereotypes

What is mental illness?

Formal classification of mental illness

Cultural issues in mental health

Difference and discrimination: stigma and shame

Why should workplaces care about mental illness?

The relationship between the workplace and mental illness

Chapter 3

Sad, Worried, Bewildered and Bizarre - Psychiatric Conditions

Mood disorders

Major Depressive Disorder

Causes of Major Depressive Disorder

Impact of depression on the workplace

Bipolar Mood Disorder

Bipolar Mood Disorder Types I and II

Impact of Bipolar disorders on the workplace

How to recognise or assess mood disorders in the workplace

Signs of Depression in the workplace

Signs of Mania in the workplace

Anxiety disorders

Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Panic Disorder

Specific Phobias

Social Anxiety Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

How to recognise anxiety disorders in the workplace

Out of touch with reality: psychotic disorders

What is psychosis?

Psychosis and the workplace

Typical treatments of mental illness

Medical treatments of mental health conditions

Psychological and counselling treatments

Psychiatric Hospitalisations and Rehabilitation

Chapter 4

Some we love, some we hate - Personality Disorders at work

What is a personality disorder and who is a difficult person?

A general comment about dealing with someone with a personality disorder at work:

Personality disorder clusters

Cluster A: Socially withdrawn, eccentric and odd people.

What can people who are socially withdrawn, odd or eccentric add to the workplace?

Particular problems people who are socially withdrawn, odd or eccentric may pose to the workplace

How best to manage people in the workplace who are socially withdrawn, odd or eccentric?

Autism Spectrum Disorders and the Workplace

What can people on the Autism Spectrum contribute to the workplace?

Particular problems people on the Autism Spectrum may pose to the workplace

How best to manage people on the Autism Spectrum in the workplace

Cluster B: Unstable, disruptive, manipulative, emotionally needy and unpredictable people

Histrionic Personality Disorder

Borderline Personality Disorder

Cluster B: The grandiose, aggressive, manipulative, scheming, entitled, disruptive and unpredictable personality types

The Dark Triad

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Particular problems narcissistic personality types may pose to the workplace

What can people with narcissistic personality types contribute to the workplace?

How best to manage the narcissistic employee, manager or CEO in the workplace

Antisocial personality and psychopathy in the workplace

What can people with antisocial and psychopathic personality types contribute to the workplace?

Particular problems antisocial and psychopathic personality types may pose to the workplace

How best to manage the antisocial or psychopathic employee, manager or boss

Cluster C: Anxious, Fearful and Rigid people

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder

What can anxious, fearful and rigid people contribute to the workplace?

Particular problems anxious, fearful and rigid people may pose to the workplace:

How best to manage anxious, fearful and rigid people in the workplace.

How best to deal with a controlling perfectionistic person as a manager

Chapter 5

Workplaces gone wild: Destructive Behaviours in Organisations

Sticks and stones and words that hurt: workplace bullies

Defining workplace bullying or harassment

Consequences of workplace bullying

Legal implications for workplaces in dealing with workplace bullying

Legislation regarding workplace bullying

Best practices when managing workplace bullying

Sexual harassment

Violence-Prone Individuals in the workplace

Defining workplace violence

Risk factors that contribute to workplace violence

The duty to ensure a safe workplace

The individual characteristics of violence-prone individuals

Best practices for managing violence-prone people at work

Substance use/misuse/abuse/addiction

Behavioural addictions

Self-medication

Who is at risk for addiction?

Addiction and the workplace

How to recognise or assess substance use/misuse/abuse/addiction in the workplace

Typical treatments of substance use/ misuse/ abuse/ addiction

Risks and challenges of substance abuse to the workplace

How the employer can assist the employee with an addiction

Chapter 6

When bad things happen: difficult life experiences and the workplace

Stress and Burnout

Definitions

Stressors

Stress

Individual differences

Strains

Burnout

Trauma

What about trauma debriefing?

Returning to duty after a trauma in the workplace

Bereavement

Guidelines for helping the employee who is grieving

Relationship difficulties and family breakdown

Guidelines for helping the employee who is having a relationship crisis

Loneliness and the workplace

Impact of Loneliness

Impact of loneliness on the workplace.

Mental health and marginalisation in the workplace(contributed by Pierre Brouard, Clinical Psychologist)

What can be done to address marginalisation in the workplace?

What can you do as an individual?

What is the role of the manager or HR practitioner in working with these issues?

Chapter 7

Walking the High Wire: Strategies for managing a mental health crisis

One step at a time: Acknowledge, Alert and Address

What is a mental health crisis?

A mental health crisis may be triggered by traumatic events

A mental health crisis may be triggered by losses - real or threatened

A mental health crisis may be substance induced

What an acute serious mental health crisis looks like

Early warning signs that may alert you that a person is having mental health difficulties

Obstacles to immediate action

What to do if you think something is wrong

What to do in an EMERGENCY SITUATION

Attend

Safety

Inform

Follow up

Be prepared

Helpful leadership responses to crises

Warnings: Things NOT to do:

After a mental health crisis

Reasonable accommodations

Chapter 8

The Healthy Organisation

Psycho-social Conditions associated with Healthy Organisations

Questions to help identify healthy organisational psycho-social conditions

Chapter 9

Thriving

Pioneers of positivity

Psychological Capital

Hope

Efficacy

Resilience

Optimism

Interventions to facilitate thriving

Mindfulness

Counting your blessings? Gratitude interventions

Strengths-based interventions

Critique of Positive Organisational Behaviour

Appendix 1

Psychiatric medications commonly used in South Africa

Appendix 2

Resource list: South Africa

Appendix 3.

Aspects of South African Labour Law with Specific Reference to Mental HealthContributed by C.L. Giliomee, B. Comm

LLM, Practising attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Mental Disability defined

Disability, unfair discrimination, and mental disorders

Dismissal for ill health (including mental disorders)

Remedies for unfair dismissal because of ill health

References

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781869229030

1869229037

OCLC:

1251441702