SEE YOU day

SNM Tour Day #12

SEE YOU = C.U. = CATCH UP

We're in Calgary for the next two days - media work and medical education events ongoing.

Since there are no road adventures or road shots, its time for a bit of education, this is an AWARENESS to ACTION tour as you very well know......

just a few DEPRESSING STATS (Part 1)

ONE     Mental Health is the number one cause of work disability in Canada, accounting for nearly 30% of disability claims and 70% of the total costs.

TWO     Depression will rank second only to heart disease as the leading cause of disability worldwide by the year 2020

FIVE     1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime.


FOUR     The remaining 4 will have a friend, family member or colleague who will.


FIVE ½     While mental illnesses constitute more than 15% of the burden of disease in Canada, these illnesses receive only 5.5% of health care dollars.


EIGHT     8% of all Canadians will suffer from a major depressive illness


TWELVE     Only 12% of Canadians said they would hire a lawyer who has a mental illness


FOURTEEN     Mental health disorders in the workplace cost Canadian companies nearly 14% of their net annual profits


EIGHTEEN     18% of workers in Canada have had a diagnosis of clinical depression


TWENTY     20% of Canadian workers experience a stress related illness per year


TWENTY SEVEN     and 27% are fearful of being around people who suffer from serious mental illness.

You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept

Gibran