{"id":15400,"date":"2023-05-04T02:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seb-admin.com\/?p=15400"},"modified":"2023-09-08T05:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:36:20","slug":"an-ounce-of-prevention-is-worth-a-pound-of-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seb-admin.com\/blog\/an-ounce-of-prevention-is-worth-a-pound-of-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15400\" class=\"elementor elementor-15400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73e82499 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73e82499\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-42424cd5\" data-id=\"42424cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-223378cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"223378cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"SEB-blog-date\"><strong><i class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\u00a0 May 4, 2023<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Written by \u2013 Joseph Ricciuti, SEB and Chair, Mental Health International<\/em><\/p><p>Mental health issues have become the leading and fastest-growing cause of workforce disability.\u00a0 Not only is absenteeism and disability impacted by ill mental health, but there is an \u201cexponential\u201d effect on health care costs, performance issues and occupational injuries.<\/p><p>Depression, a major cause of disability claims, is a pernicious chronic disorder and is clinically linked to a number of other chronic physical disorders including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, digestive problems, asthma and thyroid disease.<\/p><p>In cases where these conditions co-occur, the minimal impairment of one is often overpowered by the disabling effects of the other, and the result is a compounded rate of disability and absence from work.<\/p><p>Job performance is significantly impaired &#8211; sevenfold when an employee lives with depression vs. the absence of depression.<\/p><p>Long-term disability is often the end result of mental conditions which go unrecognized, untreated or treated improperly in the early sick leave and short-term disability periods.<\/p><p>The longer workers are off work for any reason, the more likely it is that a mental health problem becomes a secondary diagnosis and the less likely they will return to work at all. After 12 weeks, studies show that 75% return to work. After one year, the rate of those who return to work plummets to 25%.<\/p><p>While awareness of this problem is growing, awareness of solutions is less so.\u00a0 Access to an accurate diagnosis is sporadic at best and only serves to support a host of trial-and-error curative solutions rather than wellbeing initiatives. A result of under-investing in demand-side or prevention strategies and over-investing in supply-side or curative solutions!<\/p><p>We need to take aim at this imbalance with a call to action. The mental illness burden is growing and despite increased treatment plans, the prevalence rate has not budged. The urgency is real and lives are at risk. There is much hope on the horizon as a new era is emerging on the prevention front. New possibilities to mitigate mental health issues now exist with the convergence of the epigenetics and functional genomics revolution, fueled by \u2018technological\u2019 advances, to reveal valuable insights into the genetic architecture of mental health disorders.<\/p><p>An encouraging sign to support a small investment in prevention now\u2026. for a large return on investment from Mental Health cost savings and productivity gains in the near future.<\/p><p>For more information on the topic, you can check out the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences <a style=\"color: #000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontarioshores.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"This link opens an external link in new tab\">(Ontario Shores)<\/a>. Ontario Shores provides a range of specialized\u00a0assessment and treatment services\u00a0to those living with complex and serious\u00a0mental illness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mental health issues have become the leading and fastest-growing cause of workforce disability.  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