Mental health at work - launch of WHO guidelines and WHO/ILO policy brief

On 28 September 2022, WHO launched formal guidelines on mental health at work and, together with ILO, a joint policy brief with action points. These documents provide evidence-based interventions and policy actions for protecting and promoting mental health at work.

Here is the joint WHO/ILO news release “WHO and ILO call for new measures to tackle mental health issues at work”

Arabic https://www.who.int/ar/news/item/02-03-1444-who-and-ilo-call-for-new-measures-to-tackle-mental-health-issues-at-work

Chinese https://www.who.int/zh/news/item/28-09-2022-who-and-ilo-call-for-new-measures-to-tackle-mental-health-issues-at-work

English https://www.who.int/news/item/28-09-2022-who-and-ilo-call-for-new-measures-to-tackle-mental-health-issues-at-work

French https://www.who.int/fr/news/item/28-09-2022-who-and-ilo-call-for-new-measures-to-tackle-mental-health-issues-at-work

Russian https://www.who.int/ru/news/item/28-09-2022-who-and-ilo-call-for-new-measures-to-tackle-mental-health-issues-at-work

Spanish https://www.who.int/es/news/item/28-09-2022-who-and-ilo-call-for-new-measures-to-tackle-mental-health-issues-at-work

Additional translations of the news are available from ILO see at https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_856821/lang--en/index.htm

And here are also the links to the launch on WHO social media:

Twitter https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1575043394245648389?s=20&t=iJys1vWp8hY5TiTLYoRotQ

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/posts/world-health-organization_mentalhealth-mentalhealthatwork-activity-6980818019266486272-lnvr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Infographics (English only)

Tips for employers https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-at-work/mental-health-at-work-tips-for-employers-(003).pdf?sfvrsn=dce3fd8e_3

Guidance for policymakers https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/mental-health/mental-health-at-work/mental-health-at-work-guidance-for-policy-makers.pdf?sfvrsn=d0a949d1_3

The WHO guidelines on mental health at work are available at https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240053052. Full text in English only. Executive summary in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

The WHO/ILO policy brief on mental health at work is available at https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240057944. For the time being only in English.

The WHO guidelines and the WHO/ILO policy brief are issued under the Creative Commons License. This means that anyone may translate into other languages with a disclaimer. All requests for translation should be sent to WHO Publications at [email protected]