Medication vs Therapy: What Works Best for Mental Health?

Digital tools can make mental health support more accessible and practical. Discover evidence-informed online resources that help people manage daily stress, build resilience and access support when they need it. Learn how Thee Puzzle combines proven techniques with user-friendly design to empower personal wellbeing and improve productivity. Explore more: https://wix.to/3NYJm98 😊🔍 #MentalHealthAtWork #DigitalWellbeing #EmployeeWellbeing

Supporting mental health is more than care. It’s leadership that builds trust in healthcare and wellness communities. Learn how to support someone struggling with mental illness: ✓ Educate yourself ✓ Be present ✓ Listen ✓ Encourage them to seek help Tag a colleague to support mental health! 💙 Share this post to remind someone they’re not alone. #MentalHealthAwareness #WellnessLeadership #HealthcareCommunity #SocialMediaStrategy

🧠Mental Health Awareness Isn’t Just Training, It’s a Responsibility. In the care sector, your team faces emotional challenges daily, burnout, compassion fatigue, and stress are real. Yet, with the right understanding, these challenges can be managed before they lead to crisis. That’s where our NCFE CACHE Mental Health Awareness course comes in, helping your staff: ✔ Recognise early signs of distress ✔ Support colleagues and service users with confidence ✔ Build a culture of empathy and wellbeing Empowered staff mean better care, lower turnover, and a stronger organisation. Learn more at London Cactus College, https://lnkd.in/erpQpTrV #MentalHealthAwareness #EmployeeWellbeing #CareSector #LeadershipInCare #WorkplaceTraining #LondonCactusCollege

In our recent video, the team shared what helps them through stressful or uncertain times; from small gestures to big support. This month, as we recognise Men’s Mental Health Awareness, we’re reminded how powerful those everyday actions can be. Companies like ours have a role to play in making support easier to access, but it starts with all of us being open, honest, and kind to others and ourselves. Let’s make talking about mental health something we do all year round. #MentalHealth #MensMentalHealthAwareness #Movember

Important article by Scott Teasdale and Simon Rosenbaum, which puts a powerful new policy spin on their Lancet Commission publication from earlier this year, which summarised the evidence for #physicalhealth interventions for people receiving #mentalhealth care. The most urgent priorities include: - Embedding lifestyle interventions into clinical guidelines and commissioning frameworks. - Investing in a specialist workforce, including dietitians and exercise physiologists, within mental health services. - Expanding peer roles, to support sustained implementation of interventions. - Ensuring interventions are equity-focused, adapted for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, and people living in low-resource settings. - Establishing long-term funding mechanisms that move beyond pilot projects to sustainable services. Inclusion in the Medical Journal of Australia creates important momentum for the widespread adoption of supports like Mindgardens' and South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD)'s #KeepingTheBodyInMind program, which has demonstrated positive physical health outcomes in nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation and vaccination. The evidence is in. It's time for policy-makers to put it into practice. #livedexperience Equally Well Australia, Psychosis Australia, Dietitians Australia, Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA).

📌 📌 📌 ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS MUST BECOME A CORE PART OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE ‼️ ‼️ ‼️ 📌 📌 📌 📢 Important policy contribution from close colleagues and collaborators Dr Scott Teasdale and Prof Simon Rosenbaum, building on our Lancet Commission work earlier this year. Their new article in the Medical Journal of Australia outlines clear priorities for embedding physical health interventions into mental health care: ✅ Integrating lifestyle approaches into clinical guidelines and commissioning ✅ Investing in a specialist workforce (dietitians, exercise physiologists) ✅ Expanding peer roles for sustained implementation ✅ Ensuring equity-focused adaptation for diverse communities ✅ Securing long-term funding beyond pilots Programs like #KeepingtheBodyinMind — a collaboration between Mindgardens Neuroscience Network and South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and UNSW Medicine & Health— are already demonstrating impact. The evidence is strong. Now it’s time for policy to catch up. 🔗 Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/gw2dzuxe 👏 Great work and continued advocacy Scott and Simon 👏 #MentalHealth #PhysicalHealth #Policy #KeepingTheBodyInMind #Mindgardens #SESLHD #HealthEquity #ImplementationScience

💬“Lifestyle interventions are not an optional “add-on” to psychiatric care. They are evidence-based, cost-effective, and life-saving.” UNSW researchers Dr Scott Teasdale and Professor Simon Rosenbaum are calling for urgent action to address the physical health inequities facing Australians living with severe mental illness. Their Medical Journal of Australia InSight+ article presents a roadmap for change – spanning mental health clinical practice, services and policies.

💡 Stress doesn’t stop at the office door. With most stressors being personal, it’s time workplaces take a human-first approach to mental health. 💙 Read more - https://lnkd.in/e7fzKrWP HCL Healthcare | Dr. Samir Parikh | Shikhar Malhotra #MentalHealthAtWork #EmployeeCare #CorporateWellness #Healthcareradius

HCL Healthcare’s latest study, demystifying mental health at the workplaces, reveals an urgent need for systemic reform in India’s corporate wellness landscape. Based on over 4,200 consultations, the report uncovers widespread emotional distress among employees, urging organizations to prioritize mental well-being as a core business strategy. Shikhar Malhotra, Director, HCL Corporation and CEO, HCL Healthcare, outlines a strategic roadmap emphasizing preventive, data-driven, and integrated emotional health solutions. 👉 Read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/e7fzKrWP #HCLHealthcare #MentalHealthAtWork #EmployeeCare #CorporateWellness #Healthcreradius #WorkplaceWellbeing #MentalHealthMatters #EmployeeWellness #CorporateHealth #EmotionalWellbeing #WorkplaceMentalHealth #LeadershipForChange #HealthyWorkCulture #FutureOfWork Shikha Saxena Hina Datt Hina Bhagwani DR. AMIT KUMAR GUPTA Tarun Thakur, Health Tech Enthusiast Sudeep Sharma Sumit Khanna Aravind Kumar Pydesetty Raj Malhotra Nameera Nawaz Khan Swati Aggarwal Sangeet Gupta Nikhil Gandhi Tripuresh Chaturvedi Vivek Binoy Syriac Dr Gautam Laxman Medhi Anubhuti Singh Roshni Narula Dr. Ankur Rawat Yashwanth Prabhu Anirban Majumdar Deeganta Dutta Dr Disha Batra Thakwani Dr.Sneha Rathi (PT) Sqn Ldr (Dr) Jigeesha Lakhanpal Jibesh Mishra Mukesh Pandey Dr. Shantanu Dhari Neeti Nayak

The Cost of Caring: Burnout in the Helping Professions Within counselling, psychotherapy and the wider helping professions, burnout has become an increasingly urgent issue. Many of us entered this work out of compassion and purpose, yet the very empathy that drives us can also deplete us when it is not balanced by boundaries and recovery. Recent surveys suggest that emotional exhaustion among UK mental health professionals is at its highest since the pandemic. Long waiting lists, complex trauma presentations and the emotional toll of holding space for others can quietly erode our capacity for presence. We speak often about self-care, but what we need to cultivate is something deeper: sustainable practice. True sustainability in this field means pacing ourselves rather than pushing ourselves. It means supervision that feels like sanctuary, peer support that is genuine, and workplaces that recognise emotional labour as real labour. When we are well, our clients benefit. When we are running on empty, the therapeutic relationship begins to fray, no matter how well intentioned we are. To care deeply, we must also care wisely. Compassion is a renewable resource, but only if we take time to renew it. #counselling #psychotherapy #mentalhealth #burnout #supervision #selfcare #wellbeing #UKtherapy