Mental illness has no boundaries: it affects individuals, families, coworkers and patients.  Mental health costs employers billions of dollars each year. Stigma in the workplace is costly and the #1 barrier to treatment. In this presentation, our speaker will share statistics about mental health in the workplace and explore the underutilization of employee assistance programs due to fear of stigma and discrimination. She will introduce a term called “presenteeism” and its impact on mental health in the workplace and share a personal story of being a high performing, award-winning professional navigating the corporate world, while suffering in silence with alcohol use disorder, major depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Finally, a “judgement free zone” and its effect on compliance and recovery will be presented.

• Kim LaMontagne, MBA

There is no fee for this activity, but to receive contact hours you must register online and complete the online Attestation and Evaluation form (you must register to access this form).

At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to describe the “lived experience” of one professional woman who is living successfully after suffering in silence with alcohol use disorder, major depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts while navigating the corporate world.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This educational activity carries 1.0 contact hour.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock will award contact hour(s) for successful completion. In order to receive full contact hour credit for this Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) activity, you must:

• View the entire presentation 
• Complete the online Attestation of Attendance & Evaluation Form (you must register to access).

The activity director(s), planning committee member(s), speaker(s), author(s) or anyone in a position to control the content for Nursing Grand Rounds – Mental Health and Wellness in the Workplace: Strategies to Support Patients and Providers Living with Mental Illness have reported NO financial interest or relationship* with various companies. There were no individuals in a position to control the content that refused to disclose.

*A “financial interest or relationship" refers to an equity position, receipt of royalties, consultantship, funding by a research grant, receiving honoraria for educational services elsewhere, or to any other relationship to a company that provides sufficient reason for disclosure, in keeping with the spirit of the stated policy.

Provider contact information for questions of the activity or regarding accreditation: 

Director of Continuing Nursing Education, Center for Nursing Excellence
Center for Learning and Professional Development
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
clpd.support@hitchcock.org