Mental Wellness – Awareness

Designed by experienced medical and psychological first responders, this program takes the best principles of first aid training and applies it to psychological health. Mental wellness is increasingly understood to interact with physical health. Just like when you feel ill, you're not at your best mentally, when you feel better emotionally, you feel better physically as well. It is also one of the most important factors for workplace safety, not just in terms of diagnosed mental illness, and substance abuse, but also in terms of attention, hazard awareness, and effective communication.

Our Mental Wellness Awareness program is part of a wider set of tools that we are developing around psychological health.

A 2020 study from Oracle found that “the COVID-19 pandemic has created the most stressful work years in people’s lives, negatively affecting the mental health of 78% of the global workforce.”

Typical First Aid programs focus on physical health, leaving out the psychological and emotional aspects that can impact recovery. They also don't cover how to respond to situations where the symptoms or injuries are all psychological.

Mental wellbeing is always important, and it is more essential than ever as our lives continue to be disrupted by the global COVID-19 crisis.