Mental Health News & Advice

Mental health & wellbeing advice from Health Assured. See the latest news, awareness days and best tips for wellbeing at work & in life.

June 2024

Alcohol Awareness Week: How alcohol affects our mental health.

Alcohol Awareness Week: How alcohol affects our mental health.

With warmer weather on our doorsteps and the Euros shown in most pubs throughout the UK, more people are choosing to dri...Read more

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Jun 27 2024

Prioritising Mental Health at the General Election

Prioritising Mental Health at the General Election

We are faced with a public mental health emergency that is devastating the lives of thousands of people, while psychiatr...Read more

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Jun 18 2024

Domestic abuse and the Euros 2024

Domestic abuse and the Euros 2024

The Euros are a time for celebration, emotion, and excitement, encouraging a general sense of togetherness that unites m...Read more

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Jun 18 2024

Talking to your children about mental health

Talking to your children about mental health

Childhood and adolescence are critical periods that establishes the development of children in many aspects of life. How...Read more

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Jun 18 2024

Small, Fast and Multi Track Claims

Small, Fast and Multi Track Claims

Claims are a means to resolve a dispute in a Court of Law. Before a case reaches the hearing stage at Court the case mus...Read more

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Jun 17 2024

Sudden episodes of fatigue

Sudden episodes of fatigue

In today’s modern and fast-paced world, feeling fatigued and experiencing low energy is a common reality for many. We fe...Read more

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Jun 12 2024

Soft Fridays in the workplace

Soft Fridays in the workplace

Leaders should always be on the look out for ways to reasonably support their people. Looking after your people is more ...Read more

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Jun 5 2024

May 2024

Beating Alcohol Dependence

Beating Alcohol Dependence

Alcohol has played a significant role in many cultures around the world, dating back to the Neolithic times, used as a w...Read more

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May 31 2024

International Men's Health Week 2024

International Men's Health Week 2024

International Men's Health Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness of preventable health problems that disp...Read more

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May 28 2024

National Age Without Apology Month

National Age Without Apology Month

How can we reduce agism in the workplace? Stigma surrounding aging is rampant within modern society. Social pressures, ...Read more

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May 28 2024

Why you need an EAP

Why you need an EAP

In recent years, we’ve experienced a global pandemic, economic turndowns, cost-of-living pressures, a recruitment crisis...Read more

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May 20 2024

Pride and Mental Health - Celebrating Pride in the workplace

Pride and Mental Health - Celebrating Pride in the workplace

What is Pride Month? LGBTQ+ Pride Month is a month-long celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and non-bina...Read more

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May 15 2024

Building Emotional Resilience

Building Emotional Resilience

In the modern world, we can face a lot of stress and pressure, affecting our emotional regulation, mental health and ris...Read more

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May 15 2024

International Day Against Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia 2024

International Day Against Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia 2024

The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, lesbophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBLIT) is a day to celebrate divers...Read more

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May 14 2024

Mental Health Awareness week 2024

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week 2024 will take place from 13th to 19th May 2024, and the theme will focus on ‘Movement: Mov...Read more

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May 13 2024

Redundancy Rights: Pregnancy and Maternity

Redundancy Rights: Pregnancy and Maternity

Redundancy can be a difficult process to navigate through and understanding your legal rights as an employee whilst bein...Read more

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May 8 2024

How an EAP Works

How an EAP Works

1 in 6 people experience mental health problems in work and a staggering 17.1 million working days are lost in the UK to...Read more

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May 8 2024

sleep advice for shift and night workers

Sleep advice for shift and night workers

Importance of sleep Getting enough sleep is critical in supporting core functions, processing memories, and emotional r...Read more

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May 7 2024

Dying Matter Awareness Week

Dying Matters Awareness Week

Dying Matters Awareness week aims to encourage conversations about death and dying to increase awareness, reduces stigma...Read more

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May 7 2024

Government plan to tackle ‘sick note culture’ is bad news for mental health

Government plan to tackle ‘sick note culture’ is bad news for mental health

The government has announced plans to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work as part of a wider strategy to ta...Read more

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May 2 2024

April 2024

mental health meditation

Meditation and mental health

What is meditation? In our chaotic and stressful world, our senses can become clouded and confused, meaning our self-aw...Read more

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Apr 18 2024

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