Category: Mental Health

In July, I attended the Teaching and Learning with AI conference and listened to Jackie Towson from University of Central … Continue reading >AI Is a Useful Tool for Neurodivergent Employees

Ashley Nixon and I were invited to write a chapter on workplace mistreatment for The Routledge Companion to Mental Health … Continue reading >Workplace Mistreatment Affects Mental Health

One of the challenges faced by many neurodivergent people is finding employment. Neurodivergent individuals often come across as different which … Continue reading >Workplace Neurodiversity Is Not Just White Collar

May is Mental Health Awareness month in the U.S. which reminds us that we should pay attention to the mental … Continue reading >What Is Workplace Mental Health?

Work can be a dangerous place. Depending on the industry there are many ways in which people can be injured. … Continue reading >Why Workplace Mental Health Matters

The summer I graduated high school I worked in a contact lens factory called Obrig Laboratories. I recall decades later … Continue reading >Reasonable Accommodation Is Not Enough

World Mental Health Day (October 10) is a good time to reflect on what organizations can do to promote mental … Continue reading >Workplace Mental Health in Three Steps

When it comes to workplace health and safety, people usually think it means physical illness and injuries due to the … Continue reading >HR Analytics Can Help with Mental Health

Before cable networks and the internet, we got our news in small doses. We had our morning newspaper and the … Continue reading >COVID News Is Bad for Mental Health

There is growing awareness that employee mental health is important to organizations. The cost of poor employee mental health to … Continue reading >Workplace Coaching Improves Mental Health

In the U.S. alone there are nearly 50,000 suicide deaths per year, and more than 1.4 million suicide attempts. The … Continue reading >Employment Can Contribute to Suicide Prevention

Organizations are most successful when they hire the best talent and create supportive workplaces so people can thrive. Too often … Continue reading >How To Build a Neurodiversity Climate for Your Company

Substance abuse is getting worse. First there was the opioid crisis of the 2010s, and now there is the COVID-19 … Continue reading >Fight Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Substance abuse is a pandemic as serious as COVID-19 in terms of the human and monetary toll. The abuse of … Continue reading >Substance Abuse Can Begin at Work