Stick it to stigma: How to deal effectively with workplace depression

Anna Sharratt From the January 30-February 12, 2006 issue of Canadian Business magazine It was only when Arnie Cader found himself checking into the psychiatric ward of Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 20 years ago that he realized he had a problem. "I had been working harder and harder, and I just started being less efficient," recalls the former executive vice-president of the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts chain. "One day I just came to the end of my rope." A severe bout of depression landed Cader in hospital for seven days, followed by months of psychiatric treatment. His worst fear: the office fallout. "I was thinking, what would the impact be on the company, what would people say," he says. "The stigma was huge." It is stigma that prevents many employees suffering from depression from seeking help--and... [read full story]