Mental health and wellbeing
Mental health and wellbeing are important at every stage of our lives. Our mental health will determine how we deal with many aspects of our lives. Including relationships and careers.
The toolkit includes lots of helpful resources that are available to help support your mental health and well-being.
CAMHS Resources: Resource centre
What is it?
This site was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being.
Type of resource
Webpage linking to downloads, apps, videos, books, websites and COVID-19 specific resources
CIPD: Adopting an organisational approach to employee well-being
What is it?
This factsheet focuses on well-being in the workplace, explaining why it matters. We outline the domains of our well-being model, and look at the role of different stakeholders in cultivating a healthy workplace.
Type of resource
Daylight: App providing help for worry and anxiety
What is it?
Daylight is a smartphone-based app that provides help to people experiencing symptoms of worry and anxiety, using evidence-based cognitive behavioural techniques, voice and animation.
Big Health is offering free access to Daylight for all NHS staff until 31 December, active now
Type of resource
App
Every Mind Matters: Build a practical plan you can use to help maintain and improve your mental health and wellbeing
What is it?
This quiz includes 5 questions for you. The answers will help you build a practical plan you can use to help maintain and improve your mental health and wellbeing.
Take this short quiz to:
- reflect on how you’ve been feeling over the last 2 weeks and issues that are affecting you
- get top tips for action you can take, and advice about further support
Once you’ve completed the questions for the first time and emailed your plan, you can revisit and edit it at any time.
Every Mind Matters is aimed at adults aged 18 and over, and is only designed to point you in the right direction. It is not a medical assessment – if you’re worried about your mental health or want to discuss your results you should speak to a health professional.
Type of resource
Online and App
Helpguide.org
What is it?
Millions of readers rely on HelpGuide for free, evidence-based resources to understand and navigate mental health challenges.
Type of resource
Non-profit providing information and resources
For Scotland’s Mental Health: Being mentally healthy at work
What is it?
This booklet is for anyone who is managing their mental health at work. It covers the relationship between work and mental health, managing stress and difficult relationships at work, and what support you can get.
Type of resource
PDF document
Mental Health Foundation
What is it?
Prevention is at the heart of what we do. Our knowledge, informed by rigorous research and practical based study, has been pioneering change for more than 70 years and we aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo or tackle difficult or under researched issues.
Type of resource
Registered charity
Mental Health UK
What is it?
1 in 4 people in the UK has experienced a mental health problem. We bring together over 40 years of expertise from four national mental health charities to provide advice, information and support. We connect with people and organisations to provide mental health information, advice and support
Type of resource
Mental Health UK brings together four national mental health charities working across the country.
Mind: What is mental wellbeing & tips to help you take care
What is it?
We provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem. We campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding.
We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets support and respect.
Type and price of resource
NHS: Mood self-assessment
What is it?
How have you been feeling lately?
When it comes to emotions, it can sometimes be hard to recognise or admit that we’re not feeling 100%.
If you are 16 or over, take this short questionnaire to:
- Help you better understand how you’ve been feeling over the last 2 weeks
- Point you in the right direction for helpful advice and information
Type of resource
NHS: Series of mental wellbeing audio guides to help you boost your mood
What is it?
You can listen to them privately, in your own time, to help you through feelings such as anxiety or a low mood. Audios (10 mins max) on topics such as: Low mood, sadness and depression, Anxiety control training, Overcoming sleep problems, Low confidence and assertiveness, Unhelpful thinking
Type of resource
Audio guides
NHS: REACT Mental Health® conversation training: Empowering you to support the mental health and wellbeing of our NHS people
What is it?
This short remote live training session will enable you to identify people in your team or community who may be struggling with their mental health, initiate a supportive wellbeing conversation, confidently hold the conversation using active listening skills, and signpost them to appropriate support. You will gain new knowledge and have a chance to put this into practice during the session. The training is underpinned by psychologically sound principles and the REACTMH technique comprising of: Recognise, Engage, Actively listen, Check risk, and Talk about specific actions. The REACTMH technique is well-established and has been delivered for the past three years to thousands of people across public and private sector organisations.
Sessions last up to 1 hour 15 minutes and are run remotely using virtual platform technology.
Type of resource
Virtual sessions
#OurNHSpeople
What is it?
“A comprehensive package of emotional, psychological and practical support that develops in line with what people tell us they feel they need and can be accessed through one point of contact. This includes a free wellbeing support helpline, a 24/7 text alternative, peer to peer, team and personal resilience support and free mindfulness apps.”
Type of resource
Website, apps, helpline, courses
Royal College Nursing: Wellbeing, self care and resilience guide for nursing staff
What is it?
Nursing staff need to look after themselves as well as others. If they lead an organisation or manage others the wellbeing of their staff is an added concern. Use this guide to find information resources about wellbeing, self care and resilience.
Type of resource
PDF document
Samaritans: Helpline
What is it?
If you need someone to talk to, we listen. We won’t judge or tell you what to do. Whatever you’re going through, call us free any time, from any phone, on 116 123.
Type of resource
Helpline
Unmind: Mental health platform
What is it?
Unmind is a mental health platform that empowers staff to proactively improve their mental wellbeing. Using scientifically backed assessments, tools and training you can measure and manage your personal mental health needs, including digital programmes designed to help with stress, sleep, coping, connection, fulfilment and nutrition.
They are offering free access to NHS staff until the end of December 2020, active now.
Type of resource
App
Stay Alive app: Suicide prevention resource
What is it?
The Stay Alive app is a pocket suicide prevention resource for the UK, packed full of useful information to help you stay safe. You can use it if you are having thoughts of suicide or if you are concerned about someone else who may be considering suicide.
In addition to the resources, the app includes a safety plan, customisable reasons for living, and a life box where you can store photos that are important to you.
Type of resource
App
SANE: Meeting the challenge of mental illness
What is it?
We believe that no-one affected by mental illness should face crisis, distress or despair completely alone.
Type of resource
Emotional support, guidance and information
Know of other evidence-based resources related to Mental Health & Wellbeing not on our list, that should be? Email us at communications@c3health.org.
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