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Suicide, Safety & Accountability
Suicide, Safety & Accountability:Why Employers Must Pay Attention At DOHR, we believe that mental health should be treated with the same seriousness and structure as any other workplace risk. All our HR Advisors are trained Mental Health First Aiders, and we are acutely aware of how the conversation around mental health is evolving, but also…
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Mindfulness, Useful or just a trend?
Mindfulness has been recognised to be helpful to employees within the workplace for several years, and there are now numerous studies that support the benefits of mindfulness within the workplace. But, as with anything new, there are questions which employers have. In this article, I will be answering some of the most common questions employers…
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Death and Bereavement in the Workplace
Everyone responds to death differently. Today we have lost a great leader, the only monarch most of us have ever known. We may have had several schools, multiple jobs, a few homes and friends who transition through our lives at various points; throughout these life events Queen Elizabeth has been a constant for most of…
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Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace Post Pandemic
It is a reality for the majority of people around the world, that work is a necessary part of our lives. It is also known that everything that we experience sleeping and waking, working or watching TV, has an effect on our psyche. The information is absorbed and either filed away for later consideration or…
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The Changing Face of HR
HR has been through many changes over the years, but I do believe it is currently experiencing a seismic shift. In part this is due to covid and Brexit, but in part it is also due to changes in Politics, Economics, Society, Technology, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE) factors. I was using the chart above in…
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The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health – Suicide
**TRIGGER WARNING** The content of today’s blog is heavy reading. If you are affected by any of the issues raised by today’s blog, please seek support and speak to someone immediately. Contact details are in the box at the end of this blog. There are a lot of myths which surround suicide, and it is…
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The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health – Psychosis
The main forms of psychosis are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, it often takes a long time to diagnose properly and to treat effectively. Psychosis is a condition in which the person has changes in their thinking, perception, mood and / or behaviour. As you might imagine, all of these can be a problem in…
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The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health – Self-harm
Self-harm is widely misunderstood. There are many people who self-harm as a way of exerting control over themselves or a situation. Contra to popular belief, self-harm is NOT an attempted suicide, however, the people who self-harm are at increased risk of suicide, often because the stress triggers are the same. Self-harm is a behaviour which…
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The Elephant in the room: Mental Health – Anxiety
Anxiety can be a good thing. It helps us to avoid dangerous situations and it motivates us to solve problems. However, like many mental health issues there is a spectrum of anxiety which ranges from good mental health through to debilitating mental health. There are a number of different disorders which are classified as anxiety…
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The Elephant in the Room: Mental Health – Depression
Having clinical Depression is very different from being depressed. You can feel depressed when you hear bad news, when you read a sad story, or if you have had a bad day at the office. However, a medical diagnosis of Depression is made when symptoms last for more than two weeks and affects the employee’s…
