Do You Care?
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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 &
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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