Mental Health Guru

About

INTRODUCTION Mental Health Guru (MH-Guru) is an online employee induction program which aims to increase mental health literacy, decrease stigma, and promote help-seeking for depression and anxiety. MH-Guru is designed for use by all employees within an organisation. By completing the brief MH-Guru modules, staff will learn how to recognise the symptoms of depression and anxiety, how these problems can be treated, different ways to get help, and how mental health problems can be managed within the workplace (including legal obligations of supervisors and managers). KEY FEATURE A key feature of the program is the destigmatisation of mental health problems through the interactive ‘busting’ of common myths and through videos featuring individuals’ experiences of coping with depression or anxiety in the workplace. By subscribing to MH-Guru, organisations can support the mental health and well-being of employees and contribute to a workplace without stigma where mental health problems are managed appropriately. Who is behind MH-Guru? MH-Guru was developed and is provided by the National Institute for Mental Health Research (NIMHR) at The Australian National University. The e-hub Mental Health team at NIMHR develop, research and deliver online programs designed to reduce the prevalence of mental health concerns in the community and improve the lived experience of people with a mental illness. MHH-Guru was created with one-off funding from the Australian Department of Health. We also gratefully acknowledge the support of the ANU and the ACT Government through the Discovery Translation Fund.