Recent Mental Health Study by AXA indicates that stress, anxiety and low mood are reaching epidemic proportions often rooted in our lifestyle, work and environment.

- 32% of the population in 16 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, USA) are living with mind health conditions.

- Nearly 23% of employees have taken sick leave because of mind health challenges over the last 12 months.

- 3 out of 4 people are experiencing tiredness, trouble sleeping, or stress, because of work.

Past mental health conditions:

Depression

Anxiety disorder, phobia or PTSD

Substance abuse disorder

Eating disorder (i.e. Anorexia/bulimia/binge eating disorder etc.)

Schizophrenia, bipolar or related disorders

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Other/prefer not to say

The encouraging news is that established validity and reliability as constructs supporting good mental health.

It seems that the aspects of Wellbeing have been tested and validated in a study. This is good news for Holistic Health practioners as skills in Meaning/Purpose, Humour, Spirituality, kindness, giving, delayed gratification become integrated.

This review revealed dozens of skills and strategies related to effective psycho-emotional self-management that were considered candidates for inclusion. These skills/strategies often sit within various frameworks/models such as PERMA, Psychological Capital, Biopsychosocial, Complete State, the Five Factor model, Emotional Intelligence and various others.

These include:

Resilience – Self-efficacy/self-belief

Optimism - Challenge response style

Sleep - Self-worth

Self-acceptance - ‘Me time’

Social connectedness - Self-awareness

Locus of control - Attachment style

Self-care - Meaning/purpose

Intimate relationships - (authentic) pride/achievement

Mindfulness - Lifestyle (nutrition/activity/smoking/alcohol)

Rational/logical - Journalling/thinking (RET) bibliotherapy

Displacement activities - Humour

Nature/green breaks - Spirituality

Wellbeing locus of control

Openness to experience

Kindness/giving

Delayed gratification

Source: https://www.axa.com/en/about-us/mind-health-report