Written by National Director, Substance Use Policy and Programs, Alexandra Perry.
Canadian Men's Mental Health Week runs June 9 to 15. The campaign rightly highlights the pressures Canadian men face.
Post-traumatic stress disorder has moved from the margins to the centre of the disability claims landscape.
Canada's workforce is getting older - and disability claims are reflecting that reality. As more Canadians work into their 50s, 60s, and beyond, the nature of disability claims is shifting.
Mental health claims are now the single largest driver of long-term disability in Canada - a reality that has been building for years and has accelerated significantly in the post-pandemic landscape.
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is one of the fastest-growing areas of complexity in disability claims -and one of the least consistently understood.
Return to work after a brain injury is rarely a simple question of if someone can go back - it’s about how, when, and under what conditions.
Multidisciplinary medical assessments aren’t new - but how they’re being done well is evolving quickly. Nowhere is that shift more important than in assessments involving Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
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