Dr Sojan Antony & Dr A Thirumoorthy on Workplace Mental Health from Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore.

1. Workplace based Psychosocial
interventions
Dr Sojan Antony & Dr A Thirumoorthy
Dept. of Psychiatric Social Work
NIMHANS

2. Factors of Workplace Dynamics
•Personality of individuals
•Organizational needs & Culture
•Relationship
•Work related stress
•Physical/Mental health problems

3. Consequences
•Helplessness
•Hopelessness
•Worthlessness
•Irritability
•Loosing interest in life
•Sleep disturbance
•Physical illness

4. Psychological Causes
•Pressure
•Conflicts
•Frustration

5. Application of Life Skills

6. •Decision Making

7. •Problem Solving

8. •Critical thinking

9. •Creative thinking

10. •Effective Communication

11. •Interpersonal relationship

12. •Self awareness

13. •Empathy

14. •Coping with stress

15. •Coping with emotions

16. 5 Mantras
•So what?
•Here and Now
•Don’t block and don’t plan
•Difficult, painful,
but is it impossible?

17. Relaxation techniques
•JPMR
•Guided Imagery

18. Conclusion
•Learn, unlearn and relearn …….

19. Thank you