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.

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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 &

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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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http://mentalhealthatwork.org/

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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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