3. By 2020, according to the World Health Organization, depression will be second only to heart disease as a cause of disease burden- years lost through death and years lived with disability. Mental health issues in the workplace are a rising concern.
5. Prescription Use Prescription drugs for the treatment of depression have (in the past) been the third highest of all prescriptions. More recently, it appears depression drugs will pass the usage rates of blood pressure drugs, to become the second largest category of prescription drugs used.
6. More on Prescription Use In terms of cost of prescriptions for UBC, depression is costing all of us. Depression treatment drugs were the most expensive of all drugs used by UBC employees in 2007 (and it appears this is a developing trend).
7. Employee Family Assistance Program Stress, mood disorders and anxiety disorders tend to be the top reasons why counselling services are being used.
10. Resources for UBC Faculty and Staff What can we offer ourselves and our colleagues?
11. Healthy UBCPrevention Programs Program opportunities Healthy Workplace Initiatives Program Fund Healthy UBC Network Healthy UBC E-Newsletter More resources are coming next year: Individual and organizational toolkits, online resources, more trainings for staff/faculty on mental health issues
12. Healthy UBC Mental HealthPrograms Offered this Fall Understanding Mental Health Marriage in the Middle Stage How to Effectively Manage your Time Resilience: Learning to Roll with Life's Punches Communication in Family Life Balance in Life Managing Stress Mental Health First Aid UBC THRIVE Week
13. Return to Work Program facilitates the safe and earliest possible return to work from absence due to injury, illness or a medical condition provides assistance and support to staff and faculty while they are absent from work and assist with their return. An employee's return to work may involve temporary or permanent modifications or adjustments in job duties or workplace arrangements in order to accommodate a disability of an individual staff or faculty member.
14. Employee Family Assistance Program Confidential short-term counseling available 24/7 Plan Smart services Childcare and parenting support Elder and family care Financial advisory Legal advisory Pre-retirement Smoking cessation Shift worker support E-learning courses Career counselling Nutritional counselling
15. Extended Benefits Some coverage of a registered/licensed clinical psychologist are available (depending on employee group) Online health assessment Health library
16. Your RoleYour Responsibility “An employer has reason to suspect, or ought reasonably to have suspected, based upon a significant change in an employee’s behaviour or performance, that an employee might be contending with a psychological or stress-related or other condition, the employer should pursue relevant inquiries to determine if there is a disability issue at the heart of the conduct that is resulting in the employee’s inability to meet the normal expectations of the workplace.” Manitoba Human Rights Commission
61. Guided self help program in which a community coach provides telephone supportPrimary health care provider will suggest Bounce Back Program. Vancouver-Burnaby Branch
67. For More Information Department of Health, Safety and Environment www.hse.ubc.ca Vancouver-Burnaby Branch, CMHA www.vb.cmha.bc.ca Vancouver-Burnaby Branch