Second Annual Mental Health Summit
AGENDA
Tuesday, November 10
The Sutton Place Hotel, Toronto
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Session One
Integration: An Employer’s Best Tool to Mental Health
Employers are increasingly being advised to adopt an integrated health model in the workplace. The advantages to this approach are multiple, almost as much as the challenges involved in the transition. Integration may well be the single, most efficient way to move from silos and stigma to functional interdependence and mental health.
Presenter:
Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier, Vice-president, Professional Services, Human Solutions
[This session made possible by Human Solutions Canada Inc.]
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9:20 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. Session Two
Major Depressive Disorder: Treatment Challenges
This presentation will highlight the key challenges related to the identification and management of Major Depressive Disorder. Dr. Schaffer will use a mix of patient vignettes and a review of new research to allow the audience to become more familiar with the current state of knowledge related to this illness.
Presenter:
Dr. Ayal Schaffer, Head of the Mood & Anxiety Disorders Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
[This session made possible by AstraZeneca]
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9:55 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. Networking Break
10:25 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Session Three
Bipolar Disorder: Improving the Diagnosis
Bipolar disorder is ranked by the World Health Organization as one of the top 10 causes of disability in the world and is associated with high costs to society in healthcare resources and lost productivity. In this presentation, Dr. Taylor will provide an overview of the epidemiology of bipolar disorder and address issues related to improving the diagnosis of this illness. Current treatment guidelines will also be discussed, with an emphasis on minimizing physical co-morbidity.
Presenter:
Dr. Valerie Taylor, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McMaster University; Director, Mood Disorders, Somatic Health Program, St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton; and Chair, Mental Health Task Force, Canadian Obesity Network.
[This session made possible by Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada.]
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11:00 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. Session Four
Prescription Drug Benefit and Return-to-Work: What is the Story?
Presenter:
Dr. Carolyn Dewa, Program Head, Work and Well-being Research and Evaluation Program; CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair; Senior Scientist and Health Economist, Health System Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
[This session made possible by Lundbeck]
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11:35 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. Lunch
12:35 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Session Five
Session Physical Health: An Important Factor in Mental Health
Physical health is fundamentally linked with mental health, wellbeing and workforce performance. This highly interactive session will challenge participants to reexamine their organization’s approach to employee health, and identify pivotal actions to effectively promote a healthy workplace that supports behaviour change, sustainable outcomes and cost control.
Presenter:
Karen Seward, Senior Vice-president, Business Development and Marketing, Shepell-fgi
[This session made possible by Shepell-fgi]
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1:10 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Session Six
Health Check: 2009 National Benchmark Scorecard on Health and Productivity
Most organizations understand that healthy employees contribute to bottom-line results. Far fewer see the link between the health of the workplace and the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce. Citing the latest research on mental health and workplace health, together with the results of Watson Wyatt's 2009 North American Staying@Work Survey, this presentation will make the connections and provide a scorecard from which to perform your own organizational health check.
Presenters:
Joseph Ricciuti, Client Solutions Leader, Group and Healthcare Canada and Karen M. DeBortoli, Director, Canadian Research and Innovation Centre, Watson Wyatt
[This session made possible by Watson Wyatt]
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1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Forum Concludes
For more information, contact Kerry Maddocks, Editor, Benefits Canada Across Borders
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