Mental Health and Work 1

Session details

Date:

Time:

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

Location:

Zoom videoconferencing

Didactic presentation by:

Nadia Aleem

Session objectives

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

  1. Understand the components of an occupational mental health assessment
  2. Learn strategies and tools that can be used to perform this assessment

Session resources

AMA Guides® to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment: an overview
The AMA Guides provide a reliable, repeatable measurement framework for permanent impairment in patients who have suffered an injury or illness resulting in long-term loss of a body part or reduction of body function. Source: American Medical Association
Didactic presentation: Mental health and work 1
In this presentation, Dr. Nadia Aleem discusses the components of an occupational mental health assessment and strategies and tools that can be used to perform this assessment.
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Immunotherapy with allergy tablets
Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is an alternative way to treat allergies without injections. Source: American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Iron deficiency algorithm quick reference
A quick reference to diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency in adult and pediatric populations. Source: Hemequity
Psychological health and safety in the workplace (National Standard of Canada)
CAN/CSA-Z1003-13/BNQ 9700-803/2013 (R2022), Psychological health and safety in the workplace is a voluntary standard that specifies requirements for a documented and systematic approach to develop and sustain a psychologically healthy & safe workplace. Source: CSA Group
UK Management Standards
The UK Health and Safety Executive Management Standards cover six key areas of work design that, if not properly managed, are associated with poor health, lower productivity and increased accident and sickness absence rates. Source: UK Health and Safety Executive
WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)
The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) is a generic assessment instrument developed by WHO to provide a standardized method for measuring health and disability across cultures. It was developed from a comprehensive set of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) items that are sufficiently reliable and sensitive to measure the difference made by a given intervention. Source: World Health Organization

About presenter

Dr. Nadia Aleem initially worked as a Family medicine Doctor and Addictions Physician prior to retraining and starting her work as a Psychiatrist. She is currently the Mental Health Lead Physician at Insight Solutions, Trillium Health Partners and was formerly the Medical Head at the Work Stress and Health Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Aleem works exclusively in the field of Occupational Psychiatry, specializing in disability management and providing consultation and education on workplace mental health policies. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and provides education seminars to organizations and medical training programs across Canada.

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