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BY THE NUMBERS “What I valued most were the strategies to deal with co-workers that may have a mental illness… as well as awareness and how to identify symptoms.” Workplace Mental Health When mental health issues are not addressed and treated properly, there can be considerable personal and financial costs to individuals and organizations. Fortunately, with prevention, early treatment and support, many of these costs can be significantly reduced or eliminated. The Workplace Mental Health program works with employers, managers and front-line employees to better manage mental health and work toward creating a psychologically safe and healthy workplace. The program offers workshops, presentations, an e-learning module for stress management and the Bottom Line Conference available to managers, supervisors, human resource, benefits and union providers as well as employees. BY THE NUMBERS: 912 people reached through workshops, conference and symposiums 98% reported they feel better prepared and able to effectively deal with mental health issues in the workplace Annual Report to the Community 2013-2014 cmha-2013-ar.indd 33 33 14-06-23 1:05 PM