{"id":1227,"date":"2020-12-14T14:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T03:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:28:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T06:28:46","slug":"mental-health-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/mental-health-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health in the Workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1435.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Mental health is a workplace issue, and falls under the same workplace regulations as physical health. It&#8217;s estimated up to 45% of the total number of workers compensation claims in NSW each year occur as a result of mental health issues or psychological injuries at work.<\/p>\n<p>The following resources might be useful to help you navigate being off work for a mental health related injury:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eml.com.au\/media\/1160\/recovery-after-trauma-guide-general-workers-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd.pdf\">Guide for workers with post-traumatic stress disorder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eml.com.au\/resources\/first-appointment-videos\/\">Guide for first medical appointments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eml.com.au\/resources\/how-can-i-understand-what-is-happening-with-my-loved-ones-mental-health-condition\/\">Resources for family members relating to mental health<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you require urgent mental health support please contact these services for 24\/7 crisis support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lifeline<\/a><\/strong> provides 24-hour crisis counselling, support groups and suicide prevention services. Call 13 11 14<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondblue.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beyondblue<\/a><\/strong> aims to increase awareness of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdirect.gov.au\/depression\">depression<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdirect.gov.au\/anxiety\">anxiety<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthdirect.gov.au\/mental-health-stigma\">reduce stigma<\/a>. Call 1300 22 4636, 24 hours \/ 7 days a week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1393,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions\/1393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/injuredworkerscbr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}