Guides

Guides and other resources to support mental health

Supporting mental health and wellbeing in your company:
a guide for senior leaders and managers

The guide covers:

  • Creating a mentally healthy workplace
  • Mental health challenges for patent and trademark professionals
  • Looking after your own mental health as a leader
  • How to have a conversation around mental health
  • Implementing effective strategies to support mental health

This guide can be downloaded here. Or get in touch if you would like a hard copy.

Looking after your mental wellbeing at work.
A supplementary guide for paralegals, business support staff in the Intellectual Property profession and those who manage them.

The digital guide covers:

  • What motivates us and why it matters
  • Setting healthy workplace boundaries
  • How to say ‘no’ well
  • Managing difficult conversations
  • Communication skills for managers
  • Workplace wellbeing tips

 

This online guide can be viewed here together with audio recordings.

Protecting your mental health and wellbeing: a guide for patent and trademark attorneys

The guide covers:

  • Recognising the early signs of stress and related conditions
  • Identifying the main causes of workplace stress
  • Advice on keeping well and maintaining positive mental health
  • What to do if you’re struggling
  • How to help others
  • Useful resources and where to find help

This guide can be downloaded here. Or get in touch if you would like a hard copy.

IP Inclusive - Mental Health Resources Hub

This resource, created in collaboration with Jonathan’s Voice, covers

  • Improve your wellbeing
  • Concerned about someone?
  • The impact of intersectionality
  • Mental wellbeing for your team and workplace
  • Guidance for organisations and senior leaders
  • Guidance for managers

 

Visit the hub here.

Protecting your mental health - A practical guide for postgraduate research students in STEM

The guide covers:

  • Taking preventative measures to look after yourself
  • Keeping motivated and managing criticism and feedback
  • Combatting unhelpful behaviours or thinking patterns
  • What to do when self-care is not enough
  • Talking about your mental health
  • Managing challenges

Created by Jonathan’s Voice in collaboration with the Charlie Waller Trust, one of the UK’s most respected mental health charities.

The Guide is free to download from here or the Charlie Waller Trust website. Hard copies are also available. Please get in touch if you would like a copy.

Other guides

Guides created by Dr Susie Bennett to encapsulate the key findings of her research into better understanding of male suicide. The research was part funded by Jonathan’s Voice.

View the guides here.