Question

how to introduce mental health issues in canada for an essay ?

Answer 1

In fact, anxiety is the most common mental illness in Canada. More youth (aged 15 to 24) met the criteria for mood disorders and substance use disorders than any other age group.

Mental Illness affects all Canadians at some point in their life, whether directly or indirectly, through a family member, colleague or friend. It does not merely affect people of a certain age; it affects people of all ages.

This means that 2.2 million more people in Canada will be living with mental health problems and illnesses in thirty years compared to today. This represents a 31% increase compared to a 26% projected growth in the population 11 and is a significant number in terms of planning future services.

In any given year, 1 in 5 people in Canada will personally experience a mental health problem or illness. Mental illness affects people of all ages, education, income levels, and cultures. Approximately 8% of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives.

A number of factors have been identified that contribute towards initiating mental illness, but no individual factor has been definitively identified as ‘the’ factor that causes a mental illness. Symptoms of mental illness can range from mild to severe and are classified into two main categories as being either organic disorders or functional disorders. Organic disorders cause a decrease in the mental function of the brain due to a medical disease; while functional disorders cause a derangement of the mind. The type and severity of the disorder determines if it will be short-term and treatable or if it will be permanent or degenerative and untreatable.

Consider the following five challenges that mental health counselors face today.

• A Lack of Support.
• President Barack Obama's Health Care Law.
• A Lack of Funding.
• No Minimum Standards.
• Other Challenges.

According to the Canada Revenue Agency, depression is a disability if you are “markedly restricted in at least one of the basic activities of daily living” for a prolonged period of time, at least 12 months of almost constant impairment.

To support Canadians suffering from the condition, the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) for mental illness is offered through the Canadian government.