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Mental Health Check in Tip Sheet
Mental Health Check in Tip Sheet
TIP SHEET
MENTAL HEALTH CHECK-IN
KEY POINTS You can take a quick audit of your mental health by completing
the following checklist:
• How do you know if you’re not OK? Why it’s important to
check-in on your own mental health AM I OK? CHECKLIST
• Tips for checking on, and supporting, your colleagues Thinking back over recent weeks, have I been affected by any of
when they are facing mental health challenges the following?
• Tips on improving your own mental health and wellbeing
Never Occasionally Often
• How to access support and help when your mental health
is at risk Moodiness that is out of
character
Increased irritability and
There is no health without mental health; mental health is too
frustration
important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health
is everyone’s business Finding it hard to take minor
- Vikram Patel, Psychiatrist, Researcher and Co-Founder and former personal criticisms
Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Spending less time with friends
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and family
Loss of interest in fun/ enjoyable
We all have tough times and down days, periods of time when
we feel that things are ‘not quite right’. During these times activities
we might experience overwhelming emotions; we could feel
Difficulty sleeping
loneliness or anxiety, we may be quick to anger or just feel
‘down’ or ‘blue’. Increased alcohol and/ or drug
use
But, how do we know when we need help, when we need to
reach out to someone else and take the brave step to say the Staying home from work
words “I’m not okay”?
Increased physical health
Time for a mental health check-in complaints like fatigue or pain
Being reckless or taking
Being in touch with your own mental wellness is central to your
unnecessary risks
own health and wellbeing. If your feelings of being down, tense,
angry or anxious have been continuing for a long period of Slowing down of thoughts and
time, you may be experiencing poor mental health and you may actions
need to seek support to get well again. Feeling bad about yourself or
seeing yourself as a failure
Poor mental health isn’t a ‘phase’ or something people can just
‘get over’, and it’s not something to be ashamed of or a sign Difficulty in concentrating on
that you are a ‘failure’. When you are experiencing poor mental work or other activities
health, it’s important to get help before there are impacts on
Considering self harm or suicide*
your everyday life and your relationships at home, with family
and friends and at work.
* If you are considering self harm or suicide, immediately call Lifeline
Mental self awareness is a vital tool for checking in on your crisis support and suicide prevention 13 11 14 or Ambulance on 000.
wellbeing. Through being self aware, you can identify emotional
and behavioural warning signs. Being aware of these can help If your answers to the above are predominantly “Occasionally”
prevent your mental health from deteriorating further and can or “Often” you may need immediate help and support. It is
serve as an impetus to seeking help. Seeing the warning signs important to call Converge International so that you can speak
early and getting help quickly can help you to bounce back with one of our qualified counsellors. You can call Converge
faster and get back to living a happy, healthy life. International on 1300 OUR EAP (1300 687 327) 24 hours a
day, 365 days per year.
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Improving your own mental health and wellbeing Getting early access to help and support
We all experience a range of emotions and, even when we are at work
feeling well, we can experience difficult times, periods of being Your workplace provides you with access to support from
worried or stressed, as well as depression or anxiety. Looking Converge International’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
after your mental health is important and we can all take You can speak to a qualified EAP counsellor at any time by
proactive, positive steps to stay mentally well: calling 1300 OUR EAP (1300 687 327).
• Building and maintaining strong personal relationships is
one of the best things we can do for our mental health. OTHER RESOURCES
When we have a broad network of family, friends and
work mates it is more likely that our emotional needs are If you are experiencing mental health challenges you may find
being met. Investing in our relationships by spending time it helpful to speak with a psychologist or other mental health
together, at work and in social settings, helps us to feel professional. You can get a referral to a mental health specialist
connected and supported by first seeing your family doctor.
• Contributing to the community is a wonderful way to help Mental health support is always available. If you, or someone
others as well as broadening your social circle, adding a you know, is at risk, get help.
sense of meaning and purpose to your life and increasing
your sense of wellbeing Emergency services - Ambulance 000
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