CMHA Ottawa available to comment on mental health in the workplace on Bell Let’s Talk Day

“Everyone in the workplace, at all levels, positions and roles can benefit from learning how to create a psychologically healthy and safe workplace,” said Dr. Simboli.

“It not only supports employee engagement, worker health and well-being, but also contributes to recruitment and retention, productivity, effective risk management and corporate social responsibility.”

CMHA’s series of workshops, “Complex Issues. Clear Solutions” equips managers with the awareness, understanding and tools to have effective conversations when employees are struggling. Details can be found here.

Bell Let’s Talk Day is a national initiative aimed at raising funds, increasing awareness, reducing stigma and changing people’s behaviours and attitudes about mental illnesses in communities across Canada.

“The increased profile around mental health issues created by Bell Let’s Talk Day gives us the opportunity to share information about the expertise, services and programs we provide in support of people living with mental illnesses or mental health issues,” said Dr. Simboli.

To keep the dialogue going, over the next few months CMHA Ottawa will be sharing personal stories of people living with mental illness on its website, launching on Let’s Talk Day. The first to be profiled will be artist Curtis Shaw, whose severe depression 11 years ago led him into a period of darkness and the loss of his sense of purpose.

The unlikely source of origami, however, would be part of his road to hope and recovery.