Exploration of mental health issues and employment in Canada.

1. By: Pauleen Payne
CARD8130
Rebecca Burwell
June 14, 2016
MENTAL HEALTH
AND
EMPLOYMENT

2. http://www.morneaushepell.com/ca-en/insights/impact-
workplace-mental-health-business
More than 6.7 million Canadian living with mental illness:
alterations in thinking, mood or behaviour associated with significant distress and impaired functioning.

3. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/human-humain06/5-
eng.php
• Mood and Anxiety Disorder:
most common mental illnesses
• Depression = Canada’s fastest rising
diagnosis: 60% of health costs
related to mental illness
• 2020: depression predicted to be the
2nd leading cause of disability after
heart disease
• 70% of people with depression take
short/long terms or disability

4. • $51 billion in health care, lost productivity, reduced quality of life
• 700% increase in court awarded settlements due to mental injury
in Canadian workplaces in last 5 years
• 3 in 4 short term disability claims in Canada are related to mental
health issues.
• NOTE: treating conditions like depression can yield a return of $4.80 for
every $1 spent.

5. All ages, genders,
income, cultures

6. Compromised
Mental Health
Poverty
Compromised
Mental Health
Interrupted education/training; job loss,
loss of relationships
Marginalization, lack of opportunity;
stress and strain of meeting basic needs

7. 71% with mental
health issues
concerned about
workplace stigma
64% would be
concerned how work
would be affected if a
co-worker had a
mental illness
46% believe mental
illness is used as an
excuse for bad behaviour
50% of employers
reluctant to hire
someone undergoing
treatment for mental
illness
=major barrier to progress in
treating a mental health condition.
Only 1/3 access help.
Worrying what
people might think

9. Mid fifties, Caucasian
female; single mom for
19 yrs. raised children
Suicidal in 2014-24/7
call gets psychiatrist
appt. medication
/counselling
Several burnouts
beginning in university-
disrupt education and
career-but much
success
.Fear of disclosure but
disclosed in 2005 to
president
Referred to BES for
assessment: banking is
preference now in LTW
Severe paranoia, drug
change, I month.
Hospital, 3 months day
program.
Symptoms began in
university; treated for
depression for 9 yrs.-
corrected to bipolar in
2005
CMHA support:
Interviews but no job
offer; working on
information interviewing

10. Early thirties, male,
single
Started seeing
psychologist when
terminated from
employment
Disrupted education;
accommodation made
Not disclosing; stories
of termination
common in self help
group
Working on
information interviews,
resume, interviews.
Finds a job through
LTW (Links toWork)
SevereAnxiety;
ADD diagnosis in
4th year university
Volunteering with Self
Help Mental Health
group

13. Team Meetings
mental health + employment support
workers;
Also: wrap around support: housing,
food, clothing, transportation, dental
Employers:
Engage to reduce
attitudinal barriers;
mental health is part
of health and safety
No Stigma:
People with mental health
issues are “unmotivated”,
dangerous
Eliminate the linear approach
not effective with mental health
challenges

14. Career PractitionerTools
CAREER COUNSELLING
TECHNIQUES: client
centered, holistic, small steps,
goal focused; long term support

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http://goo.gl/o721hJ
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http://ontario.cmha.ca/mental-health/services-and-support/employment/
Canadian Mental Health Association (2007). Poverty and Mental Illness. Retrieved May 20, 2016 from:
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Canadian Mental Health Association (2009). Poverty Reduction: A Necessary Component of the Federal
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2016 from: http://www.camh.ca/en/hospital/about_camh/newsroom/for_reporters/pages/addictionmentalhealthstatistics.aspx
Mental Health Commission of Canada. The Facts. Retrieved May 28, 2016 from
Slide 1: http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/news/mental-health-week-2014
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http://www.morneaushepell.com/ca-en/insights/impact-workplace-mental-health-business

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