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Sometimes dealing with a mental illness will require you to inform your employer of your condition. Before having this discussion with your employer, it is important that you decide exactly how much information you are willing to disclose, and how you will explain your condition. It is sometimes helpful to offer your employer informational brochures regarding your condition so that he or she is able to learn more about the condition you are facing.1

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  • Choose an appropriate time for disclosing your condition.2
  • Explain how your condition may affect your ability to perform your job, and remind your employer of your strengths as an employee.2
  • Although medical confidentiality is usually expected in the workplace, not everyone will guard your medical diagnosis in ways in which you might expect. Carefully choose who you will, and will not, disclose this information to.2


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Research Notes References

  1. ↑ Mental Health Works: Talking to Your Employer
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 PsychCentral: Mental Illness in the Workplace: Part 2: Talking to Your Employer

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