Mental Health:
The Basics (101)
The Basics (101)
This term refers to a person’s overall emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
What is mental health?
This term describes feeling physically and emotionally exhausted from prolonged stress.
What is burnout?
Unions represent workers in discussions with management about working conditions, including mental health.
What is collective bargaining?
Before modern care, people with mental illness were often isolated from society in these settings.
What are institutions/psychiatric hospitals?
This practice involves taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental needs.
What is self-care?
This phrase refers to the equilibrium between work responsibilities and personal life.
What is work–life balance?
This union process allows workers to formally raise concerns about workplace issues affecting mental health.
What is a grievance?
This period saw a shift away from long-term institutional care in Canada.
What is the late 20th century (1970-1990)?
This mental health condition is commonly associated with excessive worry and fear.
What is anxiety?
This factor refers to the level of emotional and practical help employees receive from supervisors or coworkers.
What is workplace support?
This union role supports members by advocating for fair treatment and addressing mental health-related concerns.
What is a union steward?
This change marked the transition from viewing mental illness as shameful to viewing it as treatable.
What is the modernization of mental health care?
This term describes negative stereotypes about mental health.
What is stigma?
This type of injury affects an employee’s mental or emotional well-being and can be caused by work-related stressors.
What is a psychological injury?
This legal duty requires employers to adjust working conditions for employees experiencing mental health challenges.
What is the duty to accommodate?
This 1982 Canadian law helped protect the rights and freedoms of people with mental health conditions.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
This term describes the state of mental balance that allows people to function effectively and cope with daily life.
What is mental well-being?
This standard promotes psychologically safe workplaces through leadership, culture, and organizational practices.
What is the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace?
This Canadian law protects workers from discrimination based on mental health conditions.
What is the Canadian Human Rights Act?
This national organization was created to lead mental health reform and awareness across Canada.
What is the Mental Health Commission of Canada?