Do You Care?

DID YOU KNOW? DO YOU CARE? 1

7.5 million Canadians suffer from a mental disorder each year 2

Mental illnesses in Canada cost $33 billion/year (not including addictions) 3

44% of public service disability claims in 2008 were for mental health issues 4

Survey of Occupational Medicine doctors reports mental health issues account for 50-70% of issues 5

Ethical funds are looking for positive & innovative approaches in employee health & environment 6

Corporate Canada continues to under invest in mental health 7

The single most important issue is the lack of adequate measurement of the costs of mental illness by individual companies 8

An ethical imperative exists to “do it right” 9

http://mentalhealthatwork.org/ 10

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/ 11

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Do You Care?

by Harold Jarche on Jun 17, 2009

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