In addition to peer support offered by the injured worker community, many programs and resources provide help in understanding and living with mental health conditions.
Tools, webinars and other support resources
- Roadblocks and Alternate Routes: Practical Strategies for Managing Mental Health & Return to Work / E. MacEachen et al
- Return to Work: A Psychological Toolkit For Heading Back to Work (after the pandemic) / CMHA-Ontario
- Mental Injury Toolkit / Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW) and partners
- Find Mental Health Support – Resources at Work / Ontario. Ministry of Health
- Health Minds @Work ; Mental Health / Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
- Workplace Strategies for Mental Health / Canada Life
Research based on lived experiences
A growing number of studies document the effects injury can also have on workers’ mental health:
- Institute for Work & Health. Mental Health in the Workplace
- Chelsea, Noel et al. 2021. Experiences, Impacts and Service Needs of Injured Workers in the WSIB Process: Evidence from Thunder Bay & District. Lakehead University.
- Kilgour, Elizabeth et al. 2015. “Interactions between Injured Workers and Insurers in Workers’ Compensation Systems: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research Literature.” Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation 25(1): 160-181
- Blank, Alison A. et al 2015. “‘Without Occupation You Don’t Exist’: Occupational Engagement and Mental Illness.” Journal of Occupational Science 22(2): 197-209
- Dewa, C.S. 2014. “Worker Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems and Disclosure.” International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 5(4): 175-186 (Ontario study)
- Pollock, Sarah et al. 2014. Filling the Dark Spot: Fifteen Injured Workers Shine a Light on the Workers’ Compensation System to Improve it for Others. Melbourne, Creative Ministries Network
- O’Hagan, Fergal T. et al. 2012. “Mental Health Status of Ontario Injured Workers with Permanent Impairments.” Canadian Journal of Public Health 103(4): 303-308