From the WHP annual calendar · Sunday, October 10, 2027
World Mental Health Day
International day for mental health in the workplace.
Idea to get started
"How are you, really?" week, start a check-in culture, resilience lunch & learn, introduce the EAP
Proven for this occasion
MBSR course at work: stress reduction through mindfulness
An MBSR course is a ready-made programme: eight weeks, one session per week, led by a trained course leader. The company provides the room and the time, the pr…
Did you know?
Depression and anxiety cost an estimated 12 billion working days worldwide every year. The WHO puts the lost productivity at about US$1 trillion per year.
More proven measures for this occasion
Other companies ran these measures for exactly this occasion — with photos, steps and impact.
Peer support for psychological strain: contact persons in the team
People under psychological strain often talk to a colleague first – not to their manager and not to a counselling service. Peer support turns this into an offe…
Based on COPSOQ: the in-depth survey on psychosocial strain
When the psychosocial risk assessment has to hold up — in front of the works council, the labour inspectorate or your own management — the questionnaire based …
Mental Health Week: How to break the taboo
Approaching mental health systematically: A Mental Health Week is a structured WHP component that breaks the taboo—and builds a bridge to the risk assessment o…
Introducing an EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Mental illness leads to particularly long absences: in Germany in 2025, a sick note for this reason lasted 34 days on average, and by days of absence mental il…
Stress Management
Stress is subjective – and that's the problem. Anyone under constant pressure gets used to it, until their resources are suddenly depleted. A short, anonymous …
Resilience Training
Resilience is not a personality trait you either have or don't – it's a skill you can develop. That's the most important message for every employee who believe…
Psychosocial risk assessment: start with the standard survey
The psychosocial risk assessment is not optional, it is a legal duty — and the way in is an anonymous survey of 24 questions that takes ten minutes to answer.
Introducing AI without overlooking the strain: the risk assessment that goes with it
This questionnaire is a BETA version: soundly built on the professional literature, but not yet conclusively validated in occupational psychology terms. It can…
Matching the action area
More proven measures from this occasion's action areas.
PMR course at work: progressive muscle relaxation according to Jacobson
Progressive muscle relaxation is a relaxation technique that can be learned in a few weeks: briefly tense muscle groups one after another, then let go. The exe…
The Mindfulness Minute: 60 Seconds Against Chronic Stress
Mental health in WHP starts with low-threshold measures: The daily mindfulness minute is a first building block in the area of stress—even before the risk asse…
Compliment Challenge
Appreciation in everyday work life is not a soft-skill luxury but a measurable health factor. Occupational research considers a lack of recognition a stress fa…
Stress Reset Course
Four weeks aren't enough to dissolve years of stress patterns. But they're enough to understand how those patterns form – and to develop the first, decisive to…
Sleeping In After Daylight Saving Time
After the clock change, the team starts Monday morning 30 minutes later. Zero cost, five minutes of effort – and a concrete signal: recovery is a priority here…
Healthy Leadership
Managers aren't therapists – but they're the first point of contact where employees either let stress and strain become visible, or don't. How a manager respon…
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