SANE Australia:Helping People

Affected By Mental IllnessLead A Better Life

By Overcoming Stigmaand Discrimationin the workplace

Pulman on the Park29 October 2015

Presentation

• Sane Overview• The Mental Health Landscape• Stigma– What is it?– In the Workplace– What we need to do

SANE Overview

• 29 years helping people affected by mental illness – Community born– Work directly with people affected– Person first, illness second

• Good standing in mental health sector– Leader in stigma reduction – Provider of clear, concise, authoritative information– Independent voice and strong collaborator

Australia’s Mental Health Challenge

Stigma persists…huge human and

financial costs

KnowledgeAttitude

Behaviour

Do you know a Colleague with Depression?

• Europe: 1 in 2

• Australia: 1 in 3

Knowledge of Depression

• Australians: better knowledge of general symptoms than Europe• Australians: much better

knowledge of signs of depression at work

If diagnosed with depression, would you tell your family?

• Europe – 10% said no • Australia – 13% said no

Did you disclose to your Employer?

• Europe – 25% did not disclose• Australia – 41% did not disclose

Europe Australia

It’s private 49% 47%

They wouldn’t understand 30% 39%

They wouldn’t know how to support 12% 23%

I didn’t want to burden my employer 9% 17%

Jesse Millar

Diagnosis: Asset Management Lead (Senior

Engineer)BMT Design and Technology

Jackie Lane

Diagnosis:Board Secretary and Assistant to the CommissionerVictorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission

National Stigma Reduction Initiative

1. 5 year 2. Social Contact at core3. Championed by political leaders across

parties and governments4. Measure results5. Unified theme but targetted

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