AWSP Toolkit

Many Americans spend a large amount of their waking hours at work. This means that the time they spend at work directly influences a person’s well-being more than many other things. While organizations may be motivated to improve their workplace environment, they may not understand all potential factors that can improve or worsen employees’ well-being. This toolkit serves as an introduction to understanding the relationship between the workplace and employee well-being. Reading this toolkit will introduce you to the following topics: Mental Health, Substance Use, Workplace Culture Evaluation, and Actions that can Improve Workplace Culture.

This toolkit can be used to:

• • Learn what mental health is and learn about how mental health influences the workplace

• • Gain an understanding of different mental health disorders and different substances and how they affect people

• • Debunk some common myths about mental health and substance use

• • Understanding what addiction is

• • Give suggestions about how to evaluate and improve workplace culture