From the WHP annual calendar · Sunday, October 10, 2027
Mental Health Week
Nationwide week of action in Germany around World Mental Health Day (October 10), with events in many cities. Goal: talk openly about mental health, at work too.
Idea to get started
Plan an action week at your company: a session for managers ("How do I address strain?"), introduce support for employees (EAP, occupational physician, counselling services), offer an open discussion round. Look up events in your own city in the week's programme and share them.
Proven for this occasion
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…
Did you know?
Among employees insured with Germany's DAK health insurer, there were 366 days of sick leave per 100 insured due to mental health conditions in 2025. A sick note lasted around 34 days on average.
Source: DAK-Gesundheit, Psychreport 2026
- Mental health sick days per 100 insured
- 366
- Average length of a sick leave
- 34 days
More proven measures for this occasion
Other companies ran these measures for exactly this occasion — with photos, steps and impact.
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…
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…
Matching the action area
More proven measures from this occasion's action areas.
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…
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…
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…
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