Paper Session:

Supported Employment for individuals with Severe Mental Illness:

(1) How is Psychiatric Disability and Work Conceptualized in Canadian Disability Policy? An Analysis of Key Documents (Lynn Cockburn & Dr. Bonnie Kirsh - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) Disclosure & Work Accommodation for People with Severe Mental Illness (Dr. Marc Corbière);

(3) A Canadian Model of Work Integration for Persons with Mental Illness (Dr. Bonnie Kirsh - Fullscreen or Handout)

Paper Session:

Workplace Trauma

(1) Guidelines for the Management of Workplace Psychological Trauma (Dr. Ash Bender - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) Mental Health in the Fire Services (Dr. Shannon Wagner - Fullscreen or Handout);

(3) Occupational Impairment in People seeking treatment for PTSD (Dr. Jaye Wald - Fullscreen or Handout)

Paper Session:

At-Risk Occupations

(1) Predicting RTW and Disability Duration from an Episode of Mental Disorder Using Administrative Claims Data (Dr. William Gnam);

(2) The Influence of Rotated Workshifts on the Development of Psychological Distress: A Longitudinal Study (Dr. Pierre Durand - Fullscreen or Handout)

(3) Mental Health: Occupations & Industries at Risk in the Canadian Workforce (Dr. Alain Marchand - Fullscreen or Handout)

Symposium:

Mental Health of Injured Workers

(Dr. Marc Corbiere; Dr. Carolyn Dewa; Dr. Renée-Louise Franche; Dr. Bonnie Kirsh; Dr. Ellen MacEachen; Chair: Dr. Renée - Louise Franche)

(1) Course, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Depressive Symptomatology in Workers Following a Workplace Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study. (Ms. Nancy Carnide - Fullscreen or Handout)

(2) The Impact of Chronic Work Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Chronic Physical Conditions on Disability Among Workers. (Dr. Carolyn Dewa)

(3) “A Hollowed Shell of What I Used To Be”: A Qualitative Study of Injured Worker Mental Health and Implications for Return to Work. (Dr. Ellen MacEachen - Fullscreen or Handout)

(4) The Mental Health Needs and Experiences of Injured Workers: Findings of a Participatory Project. (Dr. Bonnie Kirsh - Fullscreen or Handout)

(5) A Systematic Review of Psychological Return-to-Work Interventions for People with Mental Health Problems and/or Physical Injuries. (Dr. Marc Corbière)

Symposium:

Traumatic stress in the workplace: Conceptualization, diagnosis, and treatment

(Dr. Lynn Alden, Ms. Marci Regambal, Dr. David Kuhl, Dr. Michael Anderson; Chair: Dr. Lynn Alden)

(1) The Effects of Direct Versus Witnessed Traumatic Stressors in Hospital Emergency Department Healthcare Workers. (Dr. Lynn Alden)

(2) Cumulative Trauma Exposure in Emergency Personnel: Is Posttraumatic Stress an Occupational Disease? (Ms. Marci Regambal)

(3) Secondary and Vicarious Traumatic Stress. (Dr. David Kuhl)

(4) An Analysis of Post-Traumtic Stress Disorder in the Workplace. (Dr. Michael Anderson - Fullscreen or Handout)

Workshop:

Addressing Complex Workplace Stress in High Risk Occupations

(Dr. Patricia Fisher, Dr. Douglas Cave, Lynda Monk - Fullscreen or Handout)

Paper Session:

Stigma in the Workplace:

(1) Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Associated with Depression in the Alberta Working Population (Dr. JianLi Wang - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) Employer Attitudes Towards Workers with Mental Health Disability and Job Accommodation (Dr. Izabela Schultz - Fullscreen or Handout)

Paper Session:

Knowledge Transfer:

(1) When Something's Wrong in the Workplace: An employer resource generated through partnerships in knowledge exchange (Sandra Moll - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) Instrument and Item Selection to evaluate the effectiveness of complex issues. Clear solutions (Dr. Bernadette Stringer - Fullscreen or Handout);

(3) Conducting Focus Groups at the Start of Organizational Change Initiatives: Benefit or Burden (Dr. Elizabeth Smailes - Fullscreen or Handout)

Panel Presentation:

Addiction in the Longshore Industry

(Darroch Campbell; Brian Whitfield; John Beckett)

Workshop:

Building Capacity in the Workplace

(Claire Wilde & Ron Beach - Fullscreen or Handout)

Symposium:

Building Alliances between Canadian Researchers and Industry: Mental Health in the Workplace Research Priorities (Moderator: Dr. Barbara Beckett)

I. Current Status & Future Developments: Update from CIHR Implementation Committee of Partners (Dr. Rémi Quirion, Dr. Jean-Yves Savoie, Dr. Miriam Stewart)

II. First CIHR Funded Emerging Team: Developing better assessment, interventions, and policies in occupational mental health: A multi-disciplinary approach (Dr. Alain Marchand - Fullscreen or Handout)

III. Better Identification of Research Priorities: Literature Review and Research Priorities: Watson Wyatt Gap Analysis (Joe Ricciuti & Dr. Mark Attridge - Fullscreen or Handout)

IV. Panel Discussion:

Opportunities for Action:

Buillding Partnerships between Researchers & Workplaces with a focus on Gap Analysis Implications (CIHR Implementation Committee of Partners)

Workshop:

Awareness & Education in the Workplace:

Mental Illness First Aid: A Provincial Initiative (Dayna Driscoll)

Symposium:

Addiction in the Workplace:

(1) Developing & Implementing a Drug & Alcohol Policy (Vaughan Bowser - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) A Scientific Review of Studies to Assess the Effectiveness of Drug Testing in the Workplace as a Safety Intervention (Dr. Scott Macdonald);

(3) Addressing the Impact of Alcohol: Salting the Slippery Slope (Sherry Colbourne - Fullscreen or Handout)

V. Roundtable Discussion:

Support for New Research Initiatives (Dr. Rémi Quirion, Dr. Miriam Stewart & CIHR Implementation Committee of Partners)

Roundtable Discussion:

Combating Stigma in the Workplace: Best Practices and Research Gaps (Discussant: Mr. Peter Coleridge)

Roundtable Discussion:

Addiction in the Workplace: Best Practices and Research Gaps (Discussant: Dr. Patrick Smith)

Symposium:

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) Workplace Initiatives:

(1) PHSA: Provincial Strategy (Peter Coleridge - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) Scientific Committee on Workplace Mental Health & Addiction (Dr. Joti Samra - Fullscreen or Handout);

(3) Antidepressant Skills at Work: Dealing with Mood Problems in the Workplace (Dr. Dan Bilsker, Dr. Merv Gilbert, Dr. Joti Samra - Fullscreen or Handout);

(4) Healthcare Benefit Trust: Workplace Initiatives (Dr. Larry Myette - Fullscreen or Handout)

Workshop:

Practical Skills & Strategies in the Workplace: Pathogenic Work Settings: Developing Psychological Immunity (Dr. Tony LePage - Fullscreen or Handout)

Panel Presentation:

Psychologically Healthy Workplace Practices in Action: VanCity’s robbery intervention program (Dr. Merv Gilbert, Dr. Jennifer Newman - Fullscreen or Handout, Dr. Daniel Stone, Ms. Ann Leckie - Fullscreen or Handout)

Paper Session:

Bipolar Disorder:

(1) A Qualitative Analysis of Work Functioning in Bipolar Disorder (Sandra Hale - Fullscreen or Handout);

(2) Bipolar Disorder and Labour Market Outcomes (Anna Sarnocinska - Hart - Fullscreen or Handout);

(3) Does having a Dysfunctional Personality Hurt your Career? Axis II Personality Disorders and Labor Market Outcomes (Dr. Susan Ettner)

Workshop:

Interpersonal Evaluations in the Workplace Context (Dr. Hugues Herve & Dr. Barry Cooper)