Conference Coverage: 2023 Mental Health Summit
On Nov. 7, Benefits Canada hosted its annual Mental Health Summit, the industry’s most popular and well-known conference in this space.
Designed for our audience of employers and the advisors who consult with them, this virtual event covered key areas including links to disease impacts, treatment options and much more.
Here’s what you missed!
Beneva
Positive work relationships can support employee mental health
Many employees try to carry on with work while dealing with stresses in their personal lives — and many wait too long before sharing their difficulties with their colleagues or managers.
Sun Life
How plan sponsors can help address the gender health gap
Canadian women are bearing the brunt of a gender health gap that has led to poor understanding and heightened stigma around their unique health needs and worse physical and mental-health outcomes over time.
Medavie Blue Cross
Integrated disability management programs can shorten leave duration
In the face of soaring mental health-related disability leaves and broader challenges with access to mental-health care, integrated disability management programs that include early intervention, accommodations and return-to-work supports can help shorten leave durations.
Desjardins Insurance
The connection between sick days and absenteeism, presenteeism
If absenteeism is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to employees’ mental health and well-being, presenteeism is the bulky underwater mass.
EHN Canada
CINUP/Johnston Group
A closer look at intensive outpatient treatment programs for mental health
Many Canadians are dealing with mental-health challenges that require support beyond what’s available through an employee assistance program — that’s where intensive mental-health treatments could help.
Dr. Diane McIntosh
RAPIDS Health
Early diagnosis and treatment integral in supporting complex mental-health conditions
While employees dealing with mental-health challenges like depression need quality and personalized care as quickly as possible, people seeking care through the public health system face months- or years-long wait times.
First West Credit Union
First West Credit Union
How First West Credit Union is supporting employee health, well-being
Data analysis, education and early intervention are the key components of First West Credit Union’s Live Well employee health program.
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To view highlights from the 2022 Mental Health Summit, click here.
To view highlights from the 2021 Mental Health Summit, click here.
To view highlights from the 2020 Mental Health Summit, click here.