2010-05-07

The Montreal WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre welcomed French delegates on May 4, 2010. Representatives from the Commission des affaires sociales of the National Assembly of France came to the Douglas Institute in order to learn about psychosocial risks at the workplace.

Gaston P. Harnois, MD, Consultant at the Collaborating Centre, reminded them that mental health problems and the psychosocial factors that often cause them have become essential components of any human resources management program in the workplace. He also told them that it is easier to cope with this reality by developping policies and specific programs focusing on mental health problems and psychosocial risks.