Workplace Mental Health
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500,000 Canadians are absent from work today. Why? Depression, bipolar disorders, and anxiety are the principal agents of lost productivity in the 21 st century workplace. • 35 million workdays are lost each year in Canada due to mental health issues. • $51 billion in direct cost to the Canadian economy is due to sick leaves and loss of productivity. • Mental health accounts for 30% of all disability claims and 70% of the costs. • Disability claims relating to mental health are the fastest growing category of disability costs in Canada, overtaking claims associated with cardiovascular disease. • Most mental health problems in the workplace occur in people who are in their prime working years. Wellness. It’s more than physical. There is help. Contact us: (289) 304-8290 [email protected] www.TheClinicForEmotionalWellness.com 9983 Keele St., Suite 201 Vaughan, Ontario L6A 3Y5
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The biggest cost to business productivity relates to mental health issues but there is help available.
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500,000 Canadiansare absent from work today.
Why?
Depression, bipolar disorders, and anxiety are the principalagents of lost productivity in the 21st century workplace.• 35 million workdays are lost each year in Canada due to mental health issues.
• $51 billion in direct cost to the Canadian economy is due to sick leaves and lossof productivity.
• Mental health accounts for 30% of all disability claims and 70% of the costs.
• Disability claims relating to mental health are the fastest growing category ofdisability costs in Canada, overtaking claims associated with cardiovasculardisease.
• Most mental health problems in the workplace occur in people who are in theirprime working years.
Wellness. It’s more than physical. There is help.Contact us: (289) 304-8290
Info@TheClinicForEmotionalWellness.comwww.TheClinicForEmotionalWellness.com
9983 Keele St., Suite 201Vaughan, Ontario L6A 3Y5
