mental health day
noun
: a day that an employee takes off from work in order to relieve stress or renew vitality
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Or take a mental health day from work when everyone is out of the house and take a luxurious daytime nap, read a fiction book, get an at-home massage, or park it on the couch with streaming services and full control of the remote.
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Allison Hope, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
A few days before UConn women’s basketball’s game against No. 1 South Carolina, the coaching staff decided to give players a mental health day.
—Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
In the past few years, some parents have received a new item to put into their child-rearing tool kits: the school mental health day.
—Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
How about adding a quarterly mental health day on top of PTO?
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
According to the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit specializing in kids' mental health, a mental health day is a day off from school to rest and recharge.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
More than 51% of adults in New Orleans and Laredo, Texas, had at least one poor mental health day the previous month.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022
If the team continually reacts and struggles to get ahead of work, how can anyone feel comfortable leaving early to see the school play or taking a mental health day?
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 June 2022
Her older daughter and 6-year-old son, a kindergartner at South Loop Elementary, have each taken a mental health day.
—Olivia Olander, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2022
Allison Hope, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
A few days before UConn women’s basketball’s game against No. 1 South Carolina, the coaching staff decided to give players a mental health day.
—Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
In the past few years, some parents have received a new item to put into their child-rearing tool kits: the school mental health day.
—Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
How about adding a quarterly mental health day on top of PTO?
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
According to the Child Mind Institute, a nonprofit specializing in kids' mental health, a mental health day is a day off from school to rest and recharge.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
More than 51% of adults in New Orleans and Laredo, Texas, had at least one poor mental health day the previous month.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 12 July 2022
If the team continually reacts and struggles to get ahead of work, how can anyone feel comfortable leaving early to see the school play or taking a mental health day?
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 June 2022
Her older daughter and 6-year-old son, a kindergartner at South Loop Elementary, have each taken a mental health day.
—Olivia Olander, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2022
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