mental health
Mental Health in the Workplace: A Perfect Legal Storm
" CALGARY, Sept. 30 /CNW/ - Financial rewards for damages caused by mental injury at work have increased over the past five years by as much as 700%, according to a report released today by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). The report warns that a perfect legal storm is brewing in the area of mental health protection at work, and points to emerging responsibilities for employers to provide a psychologically safe workplace. This is timely, since October is Canada's Healthy Workplace Month and next week is Mental Illness Awareness Week.
The Tracking the Perfect Legal Storm (2010) report has been prepared for the MHCC by Dr. Martin Shain (University of Toronto), an academic lawyer and leading expert in workplace mental health issues. It concludes that employers are confronted with a legal duty to maintain not only a physically safe workplace, but also a psychologically safe workplace.
Special Circumstances Court To Be Launched in New Zealand
"Repeat drug offenders, the homeless, addicts and the mentally ill will soon have their day in a special court that will "sentence" them to treatment programmes instead of jail.
The special circumstances court, modelled on so-called "drug courts" common in the US, Australia, the UK and Canada, will be launched in Auckland next month."
For full article, see: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3955558/New-court-for-homeless-add...
Mental Health Courts in Nova Scotia
I came across this video interview about Mental Health Courts, legal aid advocate, Malcolm Jeffcock.
Nova Scotia is the province with the highest number of persons with disabilities in Canada. This is part of a series focusing on disability, Inclusion Revolution.
http://www.youtube.com/user/inclusionrevolution#p/c/4C74056E33327A43/0/t... is part 1. Related videos should take you to all three parts.