From Global Mental Health Approaches to Mental Healthcare at Work

Authors: Linh Ngoc Le, Trang Thi Huynh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37082/IJIRMPS.ICE2MAS-24.4

Short DOI: https://doi.org/g8zsff

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Abstract: Objectives: There is social stigma associated with mental health disorders, and research that involves getting people to share their mental health status or conditions, or asking people to exercise care to others’ mental health can face attitudinal barriers, and so cannot yield findings that guide the approach to or improvement of mental healthcare. This study explores the possibilities of getting appropriate mental healthcare approaches in place as early as possible, at all workplaces, to help address the global need of scaling up mental health services while preparing mental health literate citizens who will cooperate better in mental health research initiatives.

Study Design: Multi-case study

Methods: Five global organizations and five continent-dedicated organizations working on mental health promotion were selected and studied, on the basis of their (a) broad representation of all types of mental healthcare strategies, measures, or works conducted by all relevant mental health organizations found via Mental Health and Human Rights Info and Mental Health Innovation Network; and relevance to the World Health Organization’s (b) perspective on mental health, and (c) objectives for promotion and prevention of mental health.

Results: The mental healthcare approaches of the key mental health organizations around the world that have significant outcomes in mental health research and advocacy consistently share two components: reducing mental health stigma and promoting mental health literacy. They conquer stigma through public education efforts, therapeutic interventions, human rights promotion, anti-discrimination laws, and research, while promoting mental health literacy through building mental health conscious community, building mental health active community, building mental health capacity of different levels, and advocating mental health in other non-health sectors.

Conclusions: While more research is needed to investigate the relationship between the efforts that the key mental health organizations around the world make in reducing stigma/promoting mental health literacy and the success rate/level of the mental health research or dialogs they did achieve as a direct result or such efforts, all the routes for reducing stigma and promoting mental health literacy, other typical and remarkable components of their mental healthcare approaches as well as their outcomes should be adopted by organizations, companies or programs that wish to start working on exercising mental healthcare for their community or staff.

Keywords: Global Mental Health Approach, Mental Healthcare at Work, Mental Health in the Workplace

Paper Id: 7.704

Published On: 2025-01-15

Published In: Special Issue - International Conference on Engineering, Economics, Management and Applied Sciences (January 2025)

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