The Working Mind Virtual
The Working Mind (TWM) Virtual is an evidence-based program designed to promote mental health and reduce the stigma around mental illness in the workplace.
The Working Mind is designed to:
- Increase your awareness of mental health;
- Reduce stigma and other barriers to care in the workplace;
- Encourage mental health conversations;
- Strengthen your resilience in order to maintain wellness;
- Help you support yourself and others
Two TWM Virtual courses are available:
- Employee (5 hours)
TWM for employees offers practical knowledge to increase participants’ overall comfort level with mental illness. Upon completing the course, employees will be able to:
- understand mental health and mental illness
- recognize its signs and indicators, in themselves and others
- reduce stigma and negative attitudes toward people with mental health problems
- maintain their own mental health and improve their resilience.
Managers, supervisors, and team leads have a special role in any organization. Building on TWM for employees, the TWM managers course gives participants the practical knowledge they need to:
- support their employees’ mental health and well-being
- enable all employees to be more fully productive
- ensure the workplace climate respects and involves all employees, including those with mental health problems
- encourage employees to seek help for mental health problems.
Each TWM Virtual course is delivered by a certified facilitator and offers easily applied scenario-based lessons, videos that feature people with lived experience of mental illness, reference guides, and practical handouts.
Topics covered:
Mental Health and Stigma
- Define basic concepts related to mental health and mental illness
- Recognize the impact of stigma and discuss how to reduce stigma and other barriers to care
Mental Health in the Workplace
- Recognize and keep track of changes in your mental health and well-being and know when to take appropriate actions
- Have conversations about mental health and mental illness with colleagues, friends and family members
Stress and Resilience
- Identify and practice coping strategies to manage stress and remain resilient
- Identify and use available resources to support yourself
Supporting Your Team (Only available in Manager course)
- Identify and use available tools and resources to support your team’s mental health
These four modules are designed to be delivered as follows:
- in the order given (as the content builds on each previous module)
- spaced out within a timespan of no longer than two weeks
- in combinations such as one module per day or two modules delivered back-to-back one day and the remaining two on another day OR
- all modules delivered on the same day with breaks between modules
Upcoming Courses
To view upcoming courses, please click here. If you do not see a course that fits your needs, please contact us at theworkingmind@mentalhealthcommission.ca to discuss other options.
Contact
To learn more about The Working Mind and to ask about course options for your organization, please email: theworkingmind@mentalhealthcommission.ca
Research
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Special Edition
The Road to Mental Readiness for First Responders: A Meta-Analysis of Program Outcomes
The Working Mind: A Meta-Analysis of a Workplace Mental Health and Stigma Reduction Program
Workplace Antistigma Programs at the Mental Health Commission of Canada: Part 2. Lessons Learned
Blogs

Building Mental Health into Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs: Pandemic Response

My last blog focused on the importance of checking in on others. As important as this is, the truth is we can’t continue to provide the best support to others unless we make sure we take care of ourselves first during these unique times.
But...


For some of you, that will mean that you have to self-isolate for two...

Knowing that we are part of a movement more powerful than our individual effort is a motivating feeling. By joining forces across the country through this new blogging platform, it’s my hope that a meaningful two-way conversation takes shape: one that...
- ‹ previous
- 2 of 2