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Validation As a Key to Workplace Success for Employees with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Job Considerations for Employees
Take inventory of your passions, limits, abilities, talents, and morals – self-awareness is important! And then before considering any job, ask yourself the following:
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Is it structured or does it have a flexible schedule?
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Is it remote or onsite? If onsite, how many people do you have to work around?
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What is your support plan when emotions are running high at work?
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If onsite, does it have a supportive work environment where you can easily concentrate?
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What are the possible stress factors on a scale of 1-10?
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Do you have a plan for monitoring your all-or-nothing thinking and for reminding yourself that a single or few bad days, don’t mean you are a failure?
Job Accommodations Employers Should Consider
Intensity of BPD symptoms can vary in different workplaces and per individual, BUT it is possible to have a successful career when organizations make a few simple adjustments to ensure active symptom control or real-time mental health outlets. So, consider the following before ruling the individual out or terminating them:
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What limitation is the employee experiencing?
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How do these limitations affect the employee and the employee’s job performance?
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What specific job tasks are problematic as a result of these limitations?
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What accommodations are available to reduce or eliminate these problems? Are all possible resources being used to determine possible accommodations?
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Once accommodations are in place, would it be useful to meet with the employee to evaluate the effectiveness of the accommodations and to determine whether additional accommodations are needed?
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Do supervisory personnel and employees need training?
Considerations for Employers when Individuals are in Crisis
Key Accommodations:
For individuals with mental health conditions, having accommodations to help manage panic attacks can be helpful.
According to Job Accommodation Network: https://askjan.org/disabilities/Mental-Health-Conditions.cfm
Job Ideas & Tips When You Have BPD
Mental Health America's 2024 Mind the Workplace Report
Workplace Mental Health Playbook 2.0
Career Development Trends for Individuals with BPD
Deloitte's Approach to Mental Health
Excerpt Taken from Thrive Global’s Interview with
Deloitte’s Chief Mental Health Officer
TG: Why is it important to have to focus on psychological health at work? What does the Chief Mental Health Officer do to advance mental health in the workplace?
DM: Psychological health is an imperative that businesses should focus on and prioritize. Done thoughtfully, organizations can design and deliver solutions to help their professionals perform and thrive in the workplace. Organizations that invest in the psychological health of their employees prepare their workforce for strong outcomes both personally and professionally, and help ensure strong engagement, productivity, and employee satisfaction.
The Chief Mental Health Officer (CMHO) plays an important role in an organization, not only by creating resources and programs that address those complex issues that can emerge at work, but they also can create opportunities for the workforce to learn how to protect their experiences across the entire spectrum of psychological health. The CMHO helps shape solutions and services that fit the unique needs of an organization and its people.
Additionally, they elevate and promote more discussion around psychological health at work to help advance and guide psychological health approaches in the workplace. It simply becomes part of business as usual and an integral part of an organization’s strategy."
See full article here: Mental Health at Work: Lessons From a Chief Mental Health Officer - Thrive Global