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Resources to Support Wellbeing
Resources to Support Wellbeing
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This info sheet gives information about suggestions for dealing with grief.
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This info sheet gives information about suggestions for coping with the holiday season.
Info Sheets
Toolkits
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A toolkit designed for to support wellbeing at the start of a new production. This toolkit includes activities that enhance body awareness, self-regulation, containment, boundaries and much more.
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Mindfulness
Therapy Resources
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Locate a therapist that specializes in working with entertainment industry professionals by clicking here.
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Are you a therapist who works with individuals in the entertainment industry? Consider joining our referrals network today by sending an email to hello@wellbeinginentertainment.org
Online Courses
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No matter what role you play in productions, you can make a difference. This course explores wellbeing in entertainment and proposes simple, concrete tools to help ensure that our workplaces are as safe as possible.
Pre-Recorded Workshops
What the Research Tells Us
What the Research Tells Us
The research on entertainment workers' mental health and wellbeing is scant and scholarly, peer-reviewed research is limited. What we know from our limited research is that people who work in entertainment are hurting. These workers experience a high rate of mental health and substance abuse challenges.
Below are highlights from research developed by our friends and colleagues around the world:
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In 2022:
-Some improvements in measures were noticed.
-46% had experienced bullying, harassment, or discrimination in the past
year (a 7-point reduction)
-80% of respondents sensed a positive change in the industry’s capability to
provide support
-11% describe the industry as a mentally healthy place to work
-75% worried about future income
-33% of respondents worked more than 50 hours in the week before the survey,
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-9 in 10 of nearly 5,000 respondents had experienced a mental health problem
-57% had experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination in the past year; while two-thirds (67%) had witnessed these behaviors
-Four in 10 (39%) of Black, Asian and minority ethnic respondents had experienced racial harassment or discrimination in the past year
-43% of female respondentshad experienced bullying in the past year, compared to 34% of men
-20% say that people working in the industry have positive attitudes towards people experiencing mental health issues.
-only 10% of respondents agreed that the industry was a mentally healthy place to work
-65% of respondents said they had thought about leaving the industry in the past year because of concerns about their mental health
-Nearly half of respondents (46%) said that they simply didn’t have the time to access mental health support
-78% say that work intensity is having a negative impact on their mental health
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The Film and TV Charity in the United Kingdom published TheLooking Glass Survey in February of 2020. The survey consisted of
roughly 10,000 film and television workers found that:-87% of respondents reported experiencing a mental health
problem at some point compared with 65% of the general
population.
-64% of respondents had experienced depression compared
with 42% of the general population.
-More than half the sample considered taking their life,
compared with one in five nationally.
-two in five women reported sexual harassment at work
-Black men reported higher rates of bullying (69%) compared
with 50% of the total population sampled
-87% of women from ethnic backgrounds reported bullying at
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Interviews with 36 individuals and a survey conducted with 2904 participants across all sectors of the Entertainment Industry in Australia.
Key Findings:
-44% of Entertainment Industry Workers don’t get enough sleep
-30.2% always work unpredictable hours
-57.9% of Entertainment Industry Workers have problems finding time for their families
-The most common mental health diagnoses reported across the three groups is depression followed by anxiety.
-44% of industry workers have moderate to severe anxiety. This is 10 times higher than the general population
-The levels of depression symptoms are five times higher than general population scores.
-Suicide attempts for Australian Entertainment Industry workers are more than double that of the general population.
-Suicide planning for Australian Entertainment Industry workers is 4-5 times more than general population.
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Bullying and Harrassment
Working with Distressing Content
Bias and Discrimination
Lack of Autonomy
High-Pressure Work Environments
Unsafe Working Conditions
Stigma and Fear
Financial Insecurity and Economic Uncertainty
Long Work Hours/Fatigue