Do You Care?
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DID YOU KNOW? DO YOU CARE? 1
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The costs of mental health issues in the Canadian workplace. Link on last slide is now dead, as this project was closed. Feel free to use the slides.
Transcript of Do You Care?
DID YOU KNOW?
DO YOU CARE?
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7.5 million Canadians suffer from a mental disorder each year
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Mental illnesses in Canada cost $33 billion/year
(not including addictions)
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44% of public service disability claims in 2008
were for mental health
issues
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Survey of Occupational Medicine doctors
reports mental health issues account for 50-70% of issues
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Ethical funds are looking for positive & innovative
approaches in employee health &
environment6
Corporate Canada
continues to under invest
in mental health
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The single most important issue is the lack of adequate measurement of the costs
of mental illness by individual companies
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An ethical imperative
exists to “do it right”
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Photo Credits
• Slide 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/publik15/3354104621/
• Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwkphotos/2186526710/
• Slide 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/drbethsnow/3008923031/
• Slide 5: http://www.flickr.com/photos/80327698@N00/2674474046/
• Slide 6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/meerar/743387138/
• Slide 7: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xeeliz/110923600/
• Slide 8: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lastmodified/2487365882/
• Slide 9: http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnlamb/2487824343/
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