World Mental Health Day: Council highlights resources available to support your mental health

To mark World Psychological Well being Day as we speak (Thursday 10 October 2023), Shropshire Council’s public well being crew are encouraging folks throughout Shropshire to take motion to help their psychological well being.

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The worldwide marketing campaign initiated by the World Federation for Psychological Well being (WFMH), goals to boost world consciousness of psychological well being points, mobilise efforts in help of psychological well being, and cut back stigma.

This yr’s theme is emphasising the significance of prioritising psychological well being within the office.

Statistics

• 1 in 4 folks has been affected by a psychological well being drawback.
• 9 in 10 UK adults skilled excessive or excessive stress up to now yr (Psychological Well being UK report 2024).
• Nearly 1 / 4 of UK adults really feel unable to handle stress and strain ranges of their lives (Psychological Well being UK report 2024).
• A fifth of staff hit burnout level (Psychological Well being UK report 2024).
• Whereas 73% of adults really feel in a position to handle stress, 24% really feel they’re unable to take action (Psychological Well being UK report 2024).

Understanding Burnout

Burnout is recognised by the World Well being Group (WHO) as an occupational phenomenon ensuing from power office stress that has not been efficiently managed. It’s characterised by emotions of power depletion or exhaustion, elevated psychological distance from one’s job, and lowered skilled efficacy.

Cecilia Motley, Shropshire Council’s Cupboard member for grownup social care and public well being, stated:

“World Psychological Well being Day is the proper alternative to take a while to assume and discuss psychological well being – and most significantly of all, to take motion to help our psychological well being.

“This yr’s theme is specializing in the office, and we name on everybody—from employers to staff, executives to managers—to take shared accountability for office psychological well being.

“By educating ourselves and one another to recognise the indicators of poor psychological well being and offering mutual help, we will create more healthy, extra resilient workplaces the place psychological wellbeing is a precedence for all.

“To help the day, we’d additionally like to focus on the various native sources our public well being crew and companions have created. I’d encourage anybody who perhaps feeling burnt out or typically low or wants some recommendation to help their psychological well being and wellbeing, to utilise these.”

Feeling low or anxious? Attain out to somebody

There are lots of easy issues we will all do to take care of our psychological wellbeing. It’s additionally necessary to be open about how we’re feeling and to succeed in out for assist after we want it.

Shropshire’s Council’s psychological well being and wellbeing webpages provide a variety of help and instruments to help folks’s psychological well being. These embody:

• Psychological well being and wellbeing help in Shropshire useful resource pack – This new useful resource comprises numerous helpful native and nationwide contacts to help psychological well being and wellbeing together with supported employment, help for folks with well being and social care wants, help for sexual abuse, help for household and unpaid carers and help for youngsters and younger folks.
• Listening ear, emotional wellbeing and group help for Shropshire Residents and Workforce – Emotional wellbeing and group help.
• Shropshire’s Social Prescribing programme – It is a non-medical programme designed to assist folks with a variety of social, emotional, or sensible wants that helps them resolve their issues at an early stage and put them again accountable for their wellbeing.
• TogetherAll is a web-based group for any Shropshire resident aged 16 and over, for people who find themselves burdened, anxious or feeling low. The service has an lively discussion board with round the clock help from skilled professionals. You possibly can discuss anonymously and confidentially to different members.
• Help for youngsters, younger folks, and younger adults – there’s a variety of recommendation, data and help for youngsters and younger folks. This contains NHS Shropshire, Telford Wrekin web site More healthy Collectively which provides recommendation for folks, younger folks, and pregnant girls, in addition to scientific sources to help healthcare professionals. Our kids’s Social Prescribing programme provides kids and younger folks, aged 11 (at school 12 months 7) and above. a non-medical strategy to help for a variety of social, emotional, and sensible wants.
• Each Thoughts Issues– is a nationwide NHS marketing campaign stuffed with tailor-made suggestions and recommendation that will help you handle stress, sleep higher, and enhance your temper.

Additionally many workplaces provide Worker Help Programmes (EAPs) that present counselling providers. We propose contacting your HR division at work to investigate about what help providers they’ve in place, similar to an EAP or different service. The counselling provided could solely be short-term (i.e., as much as six classes), if that is so contemplate talking to your GP for longer-term help.

Stress and nervousness about work and cash can have an effect on folks’s psychological well being and wellbeing and, for many folks, this has been heightened by the rising value of dwelling lately. The council’s value of dwelling webpages provide a variety of recommendation and help to make sure you are maximising your earnings.

Pressing assist – Name NHS 111 choose psychological well being

In case you or any person you understand is in disaster and desires pressing psychological well being help now you can contact your native disaster service in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin by calling NHS 111 or visiting www.111.nhs.uk and choosing the psychological well being possibility.

Additional data

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