How well are workers treated in Canada? A report by the World Economic Forum on Human Capital.

The authors created a Human Capital Index, based on 51 variables, and found the strongest countries were concentrated in Northern Europe and North America. (Canada placed 10th; the U.S. was 16th.) The countries with the most work to do were largely in the Middle East and Africa. After Switzerland, the top ten countries were Finland, Singapore, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom, Denmark and Canada. Southern European countries were among the top half of the results, but not the highest ranks: Spain took 29th place, Italy 37th and Greece 55th. The full report is available at: http://reports.weforum.org/human-capital-index-2013/

When symptoms are a mystery Your client has physical symptoms that may be serious but haven't yet been diagnosed. What is the best way to help him or her cope?

Post by Newsrehabnetplus.

Feature In search of causes What does research tell us about the origins of complex, unexplained modern illnesses?

In search of causes By Tori DeAngelis APA Articles

Accident victim wins challenge to Ontario’s $3,500 minor injury cap - Toronto Star August 24 2013 -

Something for the general public in the Toronto Star. It is not always a matter of reducing auto insurance rates http://t.co/tWwno1qhPq

— Newsrehabnet (@newsrehabnet) August 24, 2013

Dr. Becker on FSCO's Stakeholder Roundtable on Catastrophic Impairment

Check out my recent article: http://t.co/zTM3jV4DzF

— Dr. Harold Becker (@DrHBecker) August 22, 2013

Gender Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Motor Vehicle Accidents

Gender Differences in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The Vocational Impact of Mental Health Disorders a presentation by Gary L. Fischler, Ph.D., L.P.

Understanding the vocational impact of mental health disorders. by John F. Lepore

The Roleof Sex Difference in a Help-seeking Population

  The Role of Sex Differences in a Help-seeking Population

The Role of Sex Differences in a Help-seeking Population

The Role of Sex Differences in a Help-seeking Population

Malingering of Psychiatric Problems, Brain Damage, Chronic Pain, and Controversial Syndromes in a Personal Injury Context

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0ftfmu66-lHZW1ENENDMjVzUzA/edit?usp=sharing

Detection and Management of Malingering in a Clinical Setting

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0ftfmu66-lHa0JDWFNkai1SZEE/edit?usp=sharing

Medically unexplained physical symptoms: Evidence-based interventions

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0ftfmu66-lHOGF1UG1HVW5XbVE/edit?usp=sharing

Mobile Phone Text Messaging to Assess Symptoms After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Provide Self-Care Support: A Pilot Study

Interesting approach taken in this study to examine whether patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) receiving text messaging–based education and behavioral support had fewer and less severe postconcussive symptoms than those not receiving text-message support. Our secondary objective was to determine the feasibility of using text messaging to assess daily symptoms and provide support to patients with mTBI.

http://journals.lww.com/headtraumarehab/Abstract/2013/07000/Mobile_Phone_Text_Messaging_to_Assess_Symptoms.8.aspx

ABI Training Manual

 http://www.dspd.utah.gov/abitrainingmanual.htm
 

Module I. Living with a Brain Injury


Module IV. Brain Injury Comprehensive Intake Screening and Assessment Form and Manual

Module V. Neurological Assessments

Module VI. Brain Injury and Substance Abuse

Module VII. Recovering from Brain Injury - Rehabilitation, Treatment Planning and Person-Centered Planning

Module VIII.Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Brain Injuries

Auto insurance companies to cut rates by an average of 15%

April 30, 2013- Ontario will force auto insurance companies to cut rates by an average of 15%, provincial Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Tuesday.

 NDP Leader Andrea Horwath wanted a 15% reduction in auto rates within a year as one step needed to secure her support for Thursday's budget to be unveiled by Ontario's minority Liberal government.

In our judgment there is a possibility Insurance Companies are going to benefit financially from this political power play while Injured Motorists will continue to suffer from further cutbacks. Apparently,  the government's auto insurance strategy involves several initiatives to decrease costs, such as giving the Financial Services Commission of Ontario the authority to oversee and license health clinics and practitioners who invoice auto insurers. Further, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said  that, "This is a very complex issue - we recognize that we have to deal with the insurance companies, with the issues around fraud, with the clinics, with legal, with definition of catastrophic (injury), the definition, for that matter, of minor injuries," Sousa said. "And with areas in which they don't have as much issues of risk, so that folks up in Timmins, for example, shouldn't be subsidizing the cost of urban centres elsewhere in Ontario."

We need to be very afraid. The "complex issues" of rehabilitation services are not fully understood by the politicians involved, indeed.