Mental health and work 2

Session details

Date:

Time:

12:00pm - 1:30pm

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

  1. Learn strategies and tools that can be used to perform this assessment

Session resources

Didactic presentation: Mental health and work 2
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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Guideline for concussion/mild traumatic brain injury & prolonged symptoms: 3rd edition for adults over 18 years of age
The content of the Guideline for Concussion/mTBI & Prolonged Symptoms, 3rd Edition: for Adults over 18 years, is based on the status of scientific knowledge available at the time of their finalization (2017) as well as on the consensus of the experts who participated in the guideline development. Source: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Guideline for concussion/mild traumatic brain injury & prolonged symptoms: Sleep wake disturbances
The content of the Guideline for Concussion/mTBI & Prolonged Symptoms, 3rd Edition: for Adults over 18 years, is based on the status of scientific knowledge available at the time of their finalization (2017) as well as on the consensus of the experts who participated in the guideline development. Source: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
Integration of a return-to-work module in cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with major depressive disorder and long-term sick leave: a feasibility study
Winter L, Geldmacher J, Plücker-Boss K, Kahl KG. Integration of a return-to-work module in cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with major depressive disorder and long-term sick leave: a feasibility study. Front Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 3;11:512. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00512.

About presenter

Dr. Nadia Aleem is a psychiatrist, working as both a clinician in, and medical head of, the occupational mental health clinic in the Work Stress and Health Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). During her time at CAMH, Aleem has worked as the medical heads for both inpatient and outpatient programs, working within the department of Mood and Anxiety Disorders. She completed her psychiatry residency training at the University of Western Ontario.

Prior to training and working as a psychiatrist, Aleem completed medical school and her residency training in family medicine at the University of British Columbia and, subsequently, completed a master's in health science and specialty training in addictions medicine. She worked as an addiction physician in Vancouver prior to retraining in psychiatry.

In her current work, Aleem specializes in performing occupational mental health assessments for a number of third-party providers. She has a clinical specialty in post-traumatic stress disorders and treats many workers who have suffered from workplace occupational mental health and stress injuries.

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