Led by the Mental Health in the Workplace Consulting Group together with a multidisciplinary committee of experts, the Eisenberg Family Depression Center hosted its inaugural Workplace Mental Health Conference online in August 2020. Click here for more information on the conference programming.
Given the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, each of the conference’s sessions were centered around the theme, “Supporting Employees in the COVID-19 Era”. The afternoon event featured keynote speaker Debra Lerner, MSc, PhD, and aimed to examine mental health challenges and solutions from both a corporate and academic perspective. A multidisciplinary group of nearly 150 employers and leaders from diverse industries, researchers, and mental health professionals signed up to learn about the impact of COVID-19 on employee mental health, as well as real-world strategies to support their teams moving forward.
12:24 - Debra Lerner, The Be Well at Work Program for Workplace Depression: Lessons Learned and Adapting to the New Era
1:15:00 - Panel Discussion, Corporate and Clinical Directions in the COVID-19 Era
2:14:58 - Michelle Riba, Best Practices in Training Managers
2:45:48 - Mari Kira, Designing a Mentally Healthy Workplace
3:21:32 - Sagar Parikh, Michelle Riba & Debra Lerner, Closing Remarks