Many people don’t always ‘feel OK’ in terms of their mental health. A lot of the time, work – and life in general – can be a real struggle. If you’re struggling, it’s best to be direct and open about the situation. Because the reality is that unless mental health challenges are blatantly obvious, your colleagues won’t notice.

In a busy workplace, we all operate at such speeds that we only tend to see what’s ‘on the surface’, focusing on our own needs and priorities. We don’t take the time to really look at individuals and pick up on subtle cues.

Mental health challenges at work

The animated videos in this Mental Health Fatigue course focus on Ramesh’s mental health challenges at work and the efforts of his well-meaning manager, who during this 20-minute course offers three possible solutions to Ramesh with varying levels of success.

Throughout the module mental health expert, David Beeney offers video insights into Ramesh’s situation and discusses his own personal mental health journey with diversity consultant Gamiel Yafai.

The course is equally suited to individual members of staff, managers and senior leaders and will enable learners to recognise mental health fatigue and provide ideas about actions that can be taken at work to support colleagues with mental health fatigue.

Learners can demonstrate an understanding of the issues under discussion by answering multiple-choice questions.