Mental health and work 1

Session details

Date:

Time:

12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)

Location:

Zoom videoconferencing

Didactic presentation by:

Lina Di Carlo

Session objectives

At the end of this session, participants should be able to:

  1. Explain how employers and healthcare practitioners can work collaboratively to support an individual, with a mental health condition, to facilitate an effective return to work.  
  2. List the organizational factors required to provide a healthy work environment which supports an individual to obtain appropriate health care, facilitate a return to work and fully integrate into the workplace.  
  3. Describe how stigma impacts an individual’s ability to obtain appropriate health care.  

Session resources

Association of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo with Depression and Anxiety—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Yeo BSY, Toh EMS, Lim NE, Lee RS, Ho RCM, Tam WWS, Ngo RYS. Association of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo with Depression and Anxiety-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Laryngoscope. 2024 Feb;134(2):526-534. doi: 10.1002/lary.30957. Source: Wiley Online Library
Didactic presentation: Mental health and work 1
In this presentation, Lina Di Carlo discusses how employers and healthcare practitioners can work collaboratively to support an individual, with a mental health condition, to facilitate an effective return to work; the organizational factors required to provide a healthy work environment which supports an individual to obtain appropriate health care, facilitate a return to work and fully integrate into the workplace; and how stigma impacts an individual’s ability to obtain appropriate health care.
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Managing shiftwork: Health and safety guidance
This book explains employers’ legal duties to assess risks associated with shift work. Source: UK Health and Safety Executive
Mobile App: CBT-i Coach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for treating insomnia. CBT-i Coach is a mobile app for people who have trouble sleeping and are engaged in CBT-I with a mental health care provider. Source: US Department of Veteran Affairs
Peripheral Vertigo
General information on causes of vertigo. Source: National Library of Medicine
Working hours
European approach to night work health assessments. Source: Your Europe

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