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On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 16:22, Nick Pahl<[log in to unmask]> wrote:******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTHWelcome to attend by phone if you are interested
Subject: SOM Mental Health special interest group
When: 11 April 2019 11:00-12:00 (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London.
Where: by phone 020 3514 1993 - then enter SOM Conference phone number 1 647 953 4692# Notes of previous meeting below
- Thriving at work leadership council - slides
- BPS Event - 9th October - attached
- Article for NEBOSH - attached
- Wellbeing event write up – draft attached
- Looking after one’s own wellbeing – presentation attached by Jane Boulter
Previous notes of call - below
We:
- ran through the attached SOM/FOM conference schedule (June 25-7th 2018 London) which has a thread on mental health. Suggestions for further speakers are welcome e.g. on the lines of a debate on Sharing an understanding of priorities in mental health?
- reviewed the attached article regarding the SOM/BPS mental health meet in October.
On the call we also discussed:
- That MH is the most common issue SOM members are facing in terms of workload - ranging from minor stress to psychosis and alcohol dependency
- Asking SOM members for examples of MH plans and workplace policies
- The role of OM in providing a good overview and specialist advice on MH in workplaces
- The value of Mental Health First Aid training to increase communication and insight and highlight services – with some concern about the evidence base
- Millennials view of stress and anxiety but also that there is increased awareness and reduced stigma in this area now
- Concerns about flexible working and new forms of work and impact on MH
- How we can support health professionals “care for the care givers”
It was noted that:
- FOM are planning to produce guidance on drugs and alcohol in 2018
- SOM recently met with the Royal College of Psychiatrists, with plans for a joint event in Autumn 2018; SOM also asked for speakers for SOM regional groups