Workplace Mental Health

Employee well-being directly drives productivity, retention, and overall business success. Our programs give employees and leaders practical skills that help everyone adapt within today’s changing conditions by helping them increase psychological capital.

Psychological capital is associated with how people experience work, respond to workplace challenges, and perform, which ultimately creates a stronger workplace culture. For businesses, this means things like lower turnover, a stronger bottom line, and retaining top talent. For employees this means things like better focus, fewer errors, and more enjoyment at work and in life.

Why workplace mental health?

Learn more about why workplace mental health matters and the ways we help workplaces promote cultures that focus on mental health and well-being.

Mental health concerns cost the US economy an estimated $477.5 billion and are projected to exceed $1.3 trillion annually by 2040 (Trilliant Health, 2026). In the US, the economic cost specifically related to suicide and non-suicidal self-injury is an average of $510 billion annually, and working-aged adults account for nearly 75% of the annual economic cost of suicide (Peterson et al., 2024).
Psychological capital (PsyCap) is an individual’s positive state of psychological development defined by four core internal resources: Hope Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism. Otherwise known as HERO.
This is ultimately a mental reserve upon which one can draw upon to handle stress, solve problems, and thrive during difficult times.
Ultimately, its focus is to help employees and leaders live more productive and meaningful lives and helps organizations create environments where both individual employees and the organization itself can flourish.
Many workplaces do not incorporate mental health focused initiatives into their employee standard health and safety programming, and there is a call for this to improve in North Dakota (NDSFRC, 2026).
Workforce training not only improves mental health prevention skills of workforce members but can be a key facilitator to adoption of help-seeking strategies within workplace settings. It can also be a key mechanism to reduce burnout because people have the skills they need to respond to challenges.
Ultimately, routine mental health training helps connect employees and leaders to the resources and help they need sooner, which ultimately improves outcomes.
A majority of employees experience mental health challenges. Half of US workers report moderate to severe levels of burnout, depression or anxiety, and 90% reported at least minor levels of one mental health challenge (Mind Share Partners, 2025).
BUT, there’s also good news: Employers investing in mental health see payoffs in employee health and retention!
- Employees whose company supports their mental health are 2x as likely to report NO burnout or depression.
- They are also 3x more likely to trust their company and stay for 2+ years.
Over half of the workforce (57%) say that a company supporting mental health is “very” or “extremely” important when job searching, and 95% of workers say that it is important for them to work for an organization that values their emotional and psychological well-being (APA, 2026).
Research clearly suggests that employees and leaders having quality training to help them recognize signs and symptoms of distress that teach them how to respond is key to improving mental health in our communities and workplaces (Cramer et al., 2024; Wakai et al., 2020).
Unfortunately, most workforces do not receive evidence-based training to help them develop these skills.
Developing these skills can help reduce barriers to support, build skills that proactively help with mental health, and get people connected to resources that they need earlier.
Workplace mental health training reduces burnout by building personal coping skills, training managers to spot early warning signs, and lowering social stigma so employees and leaders seek help sooner.
Integrating mental health training into standard operations, such as employee onboarding and routine safety training, also has long-term positive impacts. Combined with organizational efforts to improve well-being, such as balancing workloads, helps employees and leaders adapt to the changes of today’s environment.

Work With Us

Our Solutions

Outreach

Community connection and engagement is an important part of mental health, well-being, and suicide prevention, especially in rural and Tribal communities.
We attend key outreach events and engage with with interest holders via meetings, webinars, and material distribution (flyers, etc.). Click here to view our outreach calendar, and contact us to schedule an outreach meeting with us to bring our programming to those you serve.
Pharmacy & Pharmacy Technicians

Professionals in this industry are likely to interact with individuals at-risk for mental health concerns, including suicide, due to their role in healthcare. The profession also has higher rates of death by suicide than the general population.
We provide suicide prevention gatekeeper training (QPR Certification courses) to industry members, and they are also a targeted discipline for our continuing education courses focused on suicide prevention.
Veterinarians & Veterinary Technicians

Pets can be a protective factor for suicide, which means their loss is impactful for individuals at-risk for suicide. Pet medical and behavioral challenges can also be isolating for owners. Veterinary medicine also has high rates of death by suicide.
We provide suicide prevention gatekeeper training (QPR Certification courses) to industry members, and they are also a targeted discipline for our continuing education courses focused on suicide prevention.
Construction & Mining Industry Members

The construction and mining industries have two of the highest rates of death by suicide in the US. It is important to include industry members, family, and friends in programming within these industries, given the important role that relationships play in suicide prevention.
We provide suicide gatekeeper training (VitalCog in Construction and AFSP’s Talk Saves Lives: Construction) and gatekeeper instructor (T4T) training throughout these industries for a robust approach to suicide prevention.
General Workforce Members & Leaders

Many workplaces do not incorporate mental health initiatives into their employee health and safety programming, and there is a call for this to improve in North Dakota. This can be particularly impactful in rural and Tribal communities.
We provide suicide prevention gatekeeper training (VitalCog in the Workplace) and gatekeeper instructor (T4T) specifically for the workplace. This training is beneficial for employees, managers, leaders, executives, and business owners across industries. We also discuss workplace mental health plan.
Gatekeeper Instructor (T4T) Training

Workforce gatekeeper training improves suicide prevention skills of workforce members and is a key facilitator to adoption of suicide prevention strategies within the workplace. These courses are most impactful when led by industry members.
We provide Gatekeeper Instructor (T4T) training for QPR, VitalCog in Construction, and VitalCog in the Workplace. These are targeted toward those who have the interest and capacity to regularly teach gatekeeper certification courses within their workplaces and industries.
Continuing Education Courses

Client death by suicide can be a complicated experience for professionals. Unfortunately, many professional disciplines do not receive suicide prevention training. Click here for the various disciplines we are targeting (all are welcome).
We offer continuing education courses focused on different aspects of suicide prevention, such as anger, sleep, concussions/head injuries, substance use, supporting Tribal communities, upstream prevention, postvention, and crisis response planning. CE courses also available on other topics.
HOPE Workshops

We developed a psychological capital curriculum teaching Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, and Optimism (HERO) skills to help employees and leaders live more productive and meaningful lives and organizations create environments where both individual employees and the organization itself can flourish.
Grounded in psychological science, we teach evidence-based psychological change strategies that can be implemented within the workplace, across teams, by leadership, and individually at work and home.
Professional Well-Being Workshops

Burnout rates are elevated within high-stakes industries. That means focusing on professional well-being is an important piece of workplace culture, team performance, and individual functioning.
Each workshop discusses industry-specific factors that contribute to burnout and well-being. We craft intentional strategies for your organization to help your team identify what matters and how to center that at work and at home.