* Mental illness is the No. 1 leading cause of disability in the world. * Eight per cent of Canadian workers take medications to treat depression and other mental health conditions. * An estimated 20.6 per cent of workers will suffer a bout of mental illness, most in the prime of their working lives. * Forty per cent of short- …Continue Reading

Helen MacDonnell of Moncton, New Brunswick is the force behind Women & Wellness, a group that began meeting in 2004 to bring together people tired of whispering about mental-health illness. That’s the “pretty story,” says MacDonnell. The harsh reality is that the group was instigated by her brother’s suicide in 2003. MacDonnell’s 47-year-old brother Duncan killed himself while living alone …Continue Reading