Common mental health presentations in public safety personnel (PSP)
Session details
Date:
Time:
12:00pm - 1:30pm (Toronto time)
Location:
Zoom videoconferencing
Didactic presentation by:
Nadia Aleem
Session objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify the most common mental health concerns that PSP may present with in healthcare settings
- Create a framework to distinguish the type and level of care that may be best suited to the PSP seen in treatment
Session resources
About presenter
Dr. Nadia Aleem initially worked as a Family medicine Doctor and Addictions Physician prior to retraining and starting her work as a Psychiatrist. She is currently the Mental Health Lead Physician at Insight Solutions, Trillium Health Partners and was formerly the Medical Head at the Work Stress and Health Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Aleem works exclusively in the field of Occupational Psychiatry, specializing in disability management and providing consultation and education on workplace mental health policies. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto and provides education seminars to organizations and medical training programs across Canada.
Case presentations
Most of the learning in ECHO happens through presenting and discussing case presentations. If you have a case you would like to present, please submit a completed case presentation form to the ECHO PSP project coordinator.
Physicians presenting a case may bill OHIP for case conferences (billing code K701).