Mental Health Works in the Media

The following items are about workplace mental health that either refer to Mental Health Works or message core concepts related to managing mental health at work. These items have appeared in various media sources. Mental Health Works is a regular writer for Moods Magazine and often feature writer for other publications.

If your media outlet would like to discuss writing an article on the topic of workplace mental health, or interview an expert in the field please contact us, as we can assist you in your efforts to message on this very important topic for Canadians today.

New Guide on Preventing Workplace Meltdown

Cover of Preventing Workplace Meltdown: An Employer's Guide to Maintaining a Ps

April 2011

Preventing Workplace Meltdown: An Employer's Guide to Maintaining a Psychologically Safe Workplace

A Carswell Implementation Guide

By Martin Shain, S.J.D. and Mary Ann Baynton, M.S.W., R.S.W.

This book is about mental injuries in the workplace – what they are, how to assess the risks of their occurrence, how to prevent legal liability for them and how to create psychologically safe workplaces.

Depression: How to Cope at Work

Originally published in Best Health Magazine, October 2011

By Nicole Wray

Coping with depression can have negative effects on your workplace performance and relationships. Here’s how you can effectively manage your depression while at work

Mental Health Works and the Ontario Human Rights Commission Team Up

Originally published in the Ontario Human Rights Commission Newsletter, October 11, 2011

MHW and the OHRC have been working together to include human rights concepts in its training materials and resources.

Lack of Workplace Mental Health Resources Increases Pressure on Health Care System

Originally published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (DOI:10.1503/cmaj.109-3945), July 14, 2011

By Laura Eggertson, Ottawa, Ont.

Though many employees experience mental health issues on the job, including excessive stress, anxiety and depression, only 22% of employees in a recent survey received any information about mental health from their employers.

New Guide on Stress Management

Stress Management with An Attitude cover

June 2011

Stress Management with an Attitude: Getting a Grip on the Trip

A field guide for individuals and organizations wanting a serious understanding of and effective solution to managing stress. An action oriented intervention premised on effective problem analysis and resolution.

This is about not fiddling while Rome burns, this is about taking control of the situation. This is about stress management with an attitude

Consortium on Workplace Mental Health

June 17, 2011

We are extremely pleased to announce that our three organizations – Canadian Mental Health Association (Ontario), Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace and Mood Disorders Association of Ontario – are coming together in a collaborative effort to promote the prevention, intervention and management of workplace mental health issues.

Ottawa to Fund Creation of National Mental-Health Strategy

Originally published in the Globe and Mail, June 16, 2011

Sheila Dockerty found out by mass e-mail that she had been replaced while on medical leave for depression. Her office, if she had gone back to a lesser position at the hospice where she was once executive director, would have been in the basement. It was the final straw in what had become an increasingly toxic work environment, with snubs and hostile e-mails that, she says, exacerbated the mental illness she’d kept under control and private.

New Research Paper: Workplace Mental Health Promotion in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Canada

April 2011

How to best transfer knowledge from the Workplace Health Promotion field to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises employers and employees

Healthy Minds at Work

Originally published in the Globe and Mail, September 27, 2010

New research showing that mental illness is costing the Canadian economy $51 billion a year in lost productivity leaves little doubt that employers simply cannot afford to neglect the psychological well-being of their employees.

Leadership Imperative in Advancing Workplace Mental Health

Originally published on the QWQHC Blog, June 28, 2010

With the G8/20 hosted in my hometown Toronto this past weekend, I thought it timely to talk about leadership in the healthcare industry. Not unlike running a country, some industries like health care can be very complex and hold many diverse opinions on best approaches to management of the issues. We hear in the news about the shortage of doctors and other health care providers, the exodus of workers from the field and of course patient safety.