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Clinical depression is an expensive, pervasive and
significant problem in today’s workforce. This one
day conference will build employer awareness of the
costs associated with employee depression and provide
practical strategies and resources to minimize the impact
on organizations and individuals/families.The good news
is that 80% of all those with clinical depression can be
successfully treated!
Sponsors:
MMC Lifeline Workplace Wellness Program
Maine Medical Center
MaineHealth
Maine Mental Health Partners
MMC PIER Program
Maine General Health Reach EAP
Lifeline Workplace Wellness Program
Maine Medical Center
Division of Community and
Preventive Medicine
Depression in the Workplace
Costs and Solutions
Conference
Tuesday—September 20, 2011
8:30am-4:00pm
Augusta Civic Center
Augusta, Maine
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
8:45_– 9:45 a.m Keynote Address
9:45 –10:00 a.m. Stretch Break
10:00 –10:45 a.m.
The Role of Employers in the Early Intervention of Mental Illness
Anita Ruff, MPH, MCHES – Deputy Director of Administration at
the MMC –Center for Psychiatric Research will share an employer/
employee outreach project that utilized web based surveys and
informational interviews to focus on mental health issues within the
workplace. Her discussion will include outcomes from the surveys and
recommendations for specific outreach to employers and employees.
10:45 –11:30 a.m.
Depression in the Workplace: Assistance for Employers
Scott Hutcherson, LCPC – Program Manager- Adult Counseling Services,
Community Counseling Center will discuss the prevalence and
common signs of employee depression and outline strategies for
employers to support employees via effective referral/initial
interventions, treatments and information on EAP services. He will
also discuss the role of clinical based and onsite depression screening
tools
11:30 a.m. –1:00 p.m.
Lunch/Networking/Community Assignment
During lunch we will show a 20 minute video “Believe in Me” that will
focus on learning the truth about mental illness. We will ask each of our
attendees to write down one action step they will bring back to their
communities to dispel myths around mental illness.
1:00 –1:45 p.m.
1:45 –2:30 p.m.
2:30 –2:45 p.m. Stretch Break
Connecting to Community- Healthy Maine Partnerships
Andy Finch LCSW – Senior Program Manager, Healthy Maine Partnerships
will share the work of the state wide Healthy Maine Partnerships
that collaborate with partners in their communities to promote
healthy places where people live, work, learn, and play. He will also
explore work being conducted by particular HMPs in depression and
help you connect with resources in your areas.
Building Resistance to Depression
John Weaver, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist will share the work of
The Healthy Thinking Initiative and its focus on teaching skills of
mindfulness, optimism and resilience, keys to building resilience to
depression in the workplace. Healthy thinking lifestyles promote
creativity, stress hardiness and engagement in a psychologically
healthy corporate culture.
2:45 –3:30 p.m.
Sustainable Stories: How a Small Coffee Company Learned to
Bring a Community Together ( and Continues to Learn Each Day)
Mary Allen Lindemann – Coffee By Design co-owner will provide
an overview of how she and her husband transformed their small Maine
company into an organization that recognized that becoming a mental
health friendly employer had an impact on both their employees and
their community In 2003 Coffee By Design was awarded the Small
Business of the Year Award by Aetna , Inc.
3:30 –4:00 p.m. Summary/Wrap Up
Debra Lerner , MS, Phd,Senior Scientist, Tufts Medical Center
Finding the Win-Win in Workplace Intervention:
Helping Employees with Depression Function Better
While Reducing Employer Productivity Loss
Our keynoter will focus on why working-age adults with depression
experience higher than average rates of job loss, job turnover, premature
retirement, work absences and impaired work performance, which
harms employees and their families and results in billions of dollars annually
in lost productivity. She will share a new program, named Work
and Health Initiative that was pilot tested in Maine and demonstrated
improved employee work performance and productivity and reduced
depression symptoms.
Conference Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Registration Form:
First Name_____________________Last Name___________________
Position/Title ______________________________________________
Company/Organization ______________________________________
Work Address _____________________________________________
City/State/Zip _____________________________________________
Work Phone ________________Fax _____________Cell___________
Email Address _____________________________________________
Fees: Please Check One
(includes all materials and meals)
Early Bird Registration (before August 20,2011)
___ $99.00 per person
___$89.00 per person-2 or more same organization
Regular Registration (After August 20, 2011)
___$125.00 per person
___$115.00 per person 2 or more same organization
___$10.00 CEU Credits
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___Check enclosed (payable to MMC Lifeline)
unless otherwise requested, your cancelled check will be your receipt.
Mail To: USM Department of Conferences, Abromson Center,
Box 9300, Portland, ME 04104-9300 Fax Registration Form To: (207) 780-5963
Purchase Order #____________________________________________
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Expiration Date _______________________VCode _______________
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Registration Information
Conference Manager:
Tom Downing, Director, MMC Lifeline Workplace Wellness
Location: Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive Augusta,
Maine, 207-626-2405
Employers of all sizes & sectors
Human resource professionals
Wellness coordinatorsHealth insurance carriers & brokers
Healthy Maine Partnerships
Occupational medicine providers
Worker’ compensation organization
EAP vendors
Mental health professionals
Public health professionals
Who Should Attend:
Continuing Education Units (CEU’) $10.00
Conference attendees can receive 0.6 CEUs for all day
participation. CEUs are offered through the USM –EU
Human Resource Recertification Credit Hours
This conference has been approved for 4.75 of General recertification
credit hours toward PHR, SPHR & GPHR.
"The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification
Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has
met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for
recertification credit."
Cancellation Options:
Cancellations received 10 business days before the conference will
receive a full refund minus a $15.00 processing charge. No refunds
will be given for cancellations received after September 5, 2011.
Registrations may be transferred to another person in your organization
at any time at no charge (please inform the conference manager of such
transfers prior to the conference if possible). We reserve the right to
limit enrollment due to excess demand.
Karen Heck
Sr. Program Officer
The Bingham Program
61 Winthrop St.
Augusta, ME 04330
207.622.2085 ph
207.622.1458 fx
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