Monday (October 10) marked World Mental Health Day. A global event, but the growing recognition of the importance of nurturing and maintaining our mental wellbeing seems particularly pertinent to our sector in the UK right now too.
As the effects of excessive workload and stress among educators grow, the theme of “psychological first aid”, (the awareness day’s UK theme for this year) encourages us all to look at how we can help ourselves.
The latest evidence of the scale of the mental health problem is illustrated by the results of a 1,000-strong survey of primary and secondary teachers.
Carried out by Towergate Insurance, it found that a quarter said they had turned to medication to cope with stress at work. Nearly a third (31 per cent) had visited a doctor because of their problems and, significantly, 15 per cent had received counselling.
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