1. SANE Australia: Helping People Affected By Mental Illness Lead A Better Life By Overcoming Stigma and Discrimation in the workplace Pulman on the Park 29 October 2015

2. Presentation Sane Overview The Mental Health Landscape Stigma – What is it? – In the Workplace – What we need to do

3. SANE Overview 29 years helping people affected by mental illness – Community born – Work directly with people affected – Person first, illness second Good standing in mental health sector – Leader in stigma reduction – Provider of clear, concise, authoritative information – Independent voice and strong collaborator

6. Australia’s Mental Health Challenge

9. Stigma persists …huge human and financial costs

10. Knowledge Attitude Behaviour

11. Do you know a Colleague with Depression? Europe: 1 in 2 Australia: 1 in 3

12. Knowledge of Depression Australians: better knowledge of general symptoms than Europe Australians: much better knowledge of signs of depression at work

13. If diagnosed with depression, would you tell your family? Europe – 10% said no Australia – 13% said no

14. Did you disclose to your Employer? Europe – 25% did not disclose Australia – 41% did not disclose EuropeAustralia It’s private49%47% They wouldn’t understand30%39% They wouldn’t know how to support12%23% I didn’t want to burden my employer9%17%

15. Jesse Millar Diagnosis: Asset Management Lead (Senior Engineer) BMT Design and Technology

16. Jackie Lane Diagnosis: Board Secretary and Assistant to the Commissioner Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission

19. National Stigma Reduction Initiative 1.5 year 2.Social Contact at core 3.Championed by political leaders across parties and governments 4.Measure results 5.Unified theme but targetted

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