- 1. Accommodation Part II: Mental Health and Addiction 3:00 4:00
pm Dec 7th, 2010Infonex951 Whitehorse By Chris Hylton, MA CG Hylton
& Associates Inc.800 449-5866[email_address]
2. Agenda
- Defining mental health and mental disability
- Identifying problems with addiction: know the early warning
signs
- Psychological disability management process: identification,
assessment, treatment
- K ey indicators of substance abuse
3.
- Do you have any workplace issues we can try and solve for you
in this session?
4. What is Mental Health?
- World Health Organizationdefines mental health as "a state of
well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own
abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work
productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to
his or her community
5. What is Mental Health?
- People learning and be able to cope with:
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- Changes in life and the workplace
6. Freud Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness
http://www.freud.org.uk/ 7. and you wonder why we work?
- No other technique for the conduct of life attaches the
individual so firmly to reality as the emphasis on work; for
his
- work at least gives him a secure place
- in a portion of reality ,
8. But on the other hand 9. Therein we have one of the
fundamental paradoxes we face today: Work is good for your mental
health and work can make you crazy Out of the Shadows at Last:
Transforming Mental Health, Mental Illness and Addiction Services
in Canada (2006),Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs,
Science and Technology, Honourable Michael J. L. Kirby, Chair 10.
Why does this matter toCanadian employers? Making the case 11. 12.
Stress in the Workplace - 3 in 10 at risk SectorSerious Concerns
Significant Concerns Total % Reporting Risk Manufacturing 5% 33%
38% Public Administration3% 29% 32% Health Care and Social
Assistance4% 28% 32% Retail Trade 4% 24% 28% Finance and Insurance
2% 22% 24% 13. Mental Health Overlapped by Addictions
- 25% of adults in a year have anxiety, phobias, panic attacks,
depression, bipolar/manic depression, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia, or
suicide, with half having multiple MH conditions at same time
- 45% of mental health cases have medical conditions pain, heart
disease, COPD, diabetes, asthma, hypertension, cancer, sleep
problems
- 1 in 3 mental health cases also have substance or other
addiction problems at the same time
14. Abusers in Past Year as Percentage of Adults (Canada)
- Alcohol Tobacco Medications MarijuanaIllicit Drugs
- Source: Attridge & Wallace (2009), MacMillan et al.
(2009)
15. Behavioural Addictions Increasing Addiction Rate in Adult
Population Historical Trend Gambling 5% problem; 2% pathological
Increasing Sex 3% to 6% Increasing Food / Eating 5% women,