About the LSDC Depression Advisory Group
As part of the Lone Star Depression Challenge (LSDC), DFWBGH formed a Depression Advisory Group (DAG)
to solicit advice and guidance of respected advisors and industry thought leaders, including local representatives from health plans,
benefits consultants, mental health providers, and DFWBGH employers, for the development of the DFWBGH’s Employer Mental Health Toolkit.
DFWBGH Employer Mental Health Toolkit

The Depression Advisory Group recognized that no single employer-focused Mental Health Toolkit can address all the complicated mental health challenges in the workplace, including reducing stigma, improving access to quality treatment, closing gaps in culture, education, socioeconomics, etc. within a diverse workforce.  So, the DAG reviewed and discussed several impressive workplace mental health toolkits and resources already developed by other organizations and decided to identify the “best-in-class” components and resources.  The DAG then created an employer-focused compendium of the “best-of-the-best” tailored specifically for DFWBGH employers and beyond.

This DFWBGH Employer Mental Health Toolkit contains recommended strategies and tactics to address the following:

  • Recognizing symptoms, reducing stigma, improving access to treatment, tips for leaders for telling their stories & becoming mental health allies, setting up Employee Resource Groups, sensitivity training for managers, recommendations for mental health digital apps, etc.

 

  • Examining the employer’s mental health and total wellbeing benefits, DEI strategies, improving access to high quality mental health treatment, providing workplace accommodations, promoting a culture of wellbeing, etc.

 

  • Reviewing and if necessary, retooling employee communications strategies to increase engagement, reduce stigma, promote a sense of belonging, etc.