A Report On Mental Illnesses In Canada

This report is designed to raise the profile of mental illness in Canada among government & non-governmental organizations and the industry, education, workplace, & academic sectors. It describes major mental illnesses and outlines their incidence & prevalence, causation, impact, stigma, and prevention & treatment. Data presented are based on currently available provincial studies & data on mortality and hospitalizations. Five mental illnesses have been selected for inclusion in the report by virtue of their high prevalence rates or because of the magnitude of their health, social, & economic impact: mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and eating disorders. While not in itself a mental illness, suicidal behaviour is also included since it is highly correlated with mental illness and raises many similar issues. The appendix includes information on data sources and a call for action on building consensus for a national action plan on mental illness & mental health.

This report is designed to raise the profile of mental illness in Canada among government & non-governmental organizations and the industry, education, workplace, & academic sectors. It describes major mental illnesses and outlines their incidence & prevalence, causation, impact, stigma, and prevention & treatment. Data presented are based on currently available provincial studies & data on mortality and hospitalizations. Five mental illnesses have been selected for inclusion in the report by virtue of their high prevalence rates or because of the magnitude of their health, social, & economic impact: mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and eating disorders. While not in itself a mental illness, suicidal behaviour is also included since it is highly correlated with mental illness and raises many similar issues. The appendix includes information on data sources and a call for action on building consensus for a national action plan on mental illness & mental health.

The human suffering associated with mental illness is something that more than one in five Canadians face at some point in their life.

`An unparalleled national accomplishment, Mental Disorder in Canada is a vital contribution to what we know about the distribution of mental disorders in Canada. Drawing mainly on the findings of the Canadian Community Health Survey (one of the largest national studies of mental disorders ever undertaken), the chapters reflect the analysis and interpretation of almost every major psychiatric epidemiologist across the country. This is a must read for all who are interested in those types of disorders that cut sharply into quality of life and which deserve more public health attention than they often receive.'

Canada has long been recognized as a leader in the field of psychiatric epidemiology, the study of the factors affecting mental health in populations. However, there has never been a book dedicated to the study of mental disorder at a population level in Canada. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the discipline uses data from the country's first national survey of mental disorder, the Canadian Community Health Survey of 2005, to fill that gap. Mental Disorder in Canada explores the history of psychiatric epidemiology, evaluates methodological issues, and analyzes the prevalence of several significant mental disorders in the population. The collection also includes essays on stigma, mental disorder and the criminal justice system, and mental health among women, children, workers, and other demographic groups. Focusing specifically on Canadian scholarship, yet wide-reaching in scope, Mental Disorder in Canada is an important contribution to the dissemination and advancement of knowledge on psychiatric epidemiology.

Community Mental Health in Canada offers a timely, critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada, past, present, and future. This new edition has been substantially revised and expanded and includes a deeper discussion of stigma, the recovery vision, the pharmaceutical industry, and mental health law, in addition to an array of new topics. Recent developments such as the creation of the Mental Health Commission of Canada in 2007 and the release of its national mental health strategy document in 2012 are also discussed. Accessibly written and highly informative, it is an indispensable resource for students, practitioners, and policy makers, as well as service recipients and their families.

At the moment, what is known of the mental health and care of Canadians and other citizens in industrialized The following report provides a countries is the "One in five" and "50% rule": mental Canadian and cross-provincial disorders are prevalent at a rate of one person in five, comparison of: mainly suffering from anxiety, depression or substance service utilization for mental health abuse di [...] To inform its initiative, the CCMHI has commissioned an analysis of the most recent survey of the mental health and care of adult Canadians, conducted in 2002 by Statistics Canada under the name: Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2 - Mental Health and Well-being. [...] Specifically, the following report will provide Canadian and cross-provincial comparisons of mental health care, the different types of providers with a special attention to primary care providers and potential collaboration among providers, the prevalence of mental disorders, the extent of utilization of services, and the unmet need for care. [...] The primary objectives of the CCHS Cycle 1.2 were to: 1. Provide timely and reliable cross-sectional estimates of mental health determinants, mental health status and mental health system utilization across Canada; 2. Determine prevalence rates of selected mental disorders to assess the burden of illness; 3. Juxtapose access and utilization of mental health services with respect to perceived needs [...] The use of specialty mental health services were health reasons, than higher in Quebec and New Brunswick than in Prince Edward Island professionals in the and Newfoundland and Labrador, the two provinces with the lowest specialty mental use of specialty mental health services.