Does This CHIME With You? A recovery and RTW framework for workers with common mental health disorders
Lauren Finestone
Successful RTW is more than managing symptoms. It need supportive environments that help people rebuild their sense of empowerment, find meaning in their work and reconstruct their professional identity.A study from the University of Sydney suggests that successful RTW is less about managing symptoms and being ‘well enough’ to do the job, and more about rebuilding a sense of self, purpose and connection that having a mental health condition (like anxiety and depression) can disrupt. Using the internationally recognised CHIME framework, it found that recovery depends on 4 things: Connectedness: The relationships and support networ...