{"id":56,"date":"2021-04-12T12:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T16:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/capacitytoconnect\/chapter\/mental-health-statistics\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:51:54","slug":"mental-health-statistics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/capacitytoconnect\/chapter\/mental-health-statistics\/","title":{"raw":"Mental Health Statistics","rendered":"Mental Health Statistics"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\nThis section provides general statistics on mental health in Canada as well as specific information about young adults.\r\n\r\nIt includes suggestions about finding and using statistics that best reflect the lived experience of your institution\u2019s students, faculty, and staff.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Mental Health Problems Are Common<\/h1>\r\nMental illness is common and in any given year, one in five people will experience a mental health problem or illness.[footnote]Mental Health Commission of Canada. (2012).Changing directions, changing lives: The mental health strategy for Canada. Calgary: Author.[\/footnote] This means that if we count all of our friends, family, associates, people we work with, students in our classrooms, or even ourselves, we\u2019re going to encounter a significant number of people who have a mental health problem or illness.\r\n\r\nPeople in their late teens and early twenties are at the highest risk for mental illness; in these years, first episodes of psychiatric disorders like major depression are most likely to appear.[footnote]Queen\u2019s University. (2012).\u00a0<\/span>Report of the principal\u2019s commission on mental health<\/em>; Mental Health Commission of Canada. (2012)<\/span>. Changing directions, changing lives: The mental health strategy for Canada<\/em>. Calgary, AB<\/span>[\/footnote] We know that mental health problems actually create more lost time from work and more lost pleasure in life than any physical health conditions.[footnote]Canadian Psychological Association. (2006).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Out of the shadows at last: Transforming mental health, mental illness and addiction services in Canada: A review of the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology<\/em>; Warren Sheppell Research Group. (2005).\u00a0<\/span>Workplace mental health indicators: An EAP\u2019s perspective<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/www.shepellfgi.com\/EN-US\/AboutUs\/News\/Research%20Report\/pdf\/ir_mentalhealthindicators_enreport.pdf[\/footnote]<\/span> Mental health problems can be hugely disabling.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAccording to the Mental Health Commission of Canada, only one in three people (and only one in four children or youth) who experience a mental health problem or illness say that they have sought and received services and treatment. This means a lot of people who need treatment and support are not seeking help.\r\n
\"\"<\/div>\r\nThe National College Health Assessment collects data related to health and health behaviours of post-secondary students across Canada and the U.S. In 2019, the study of Canadian students found that over the prior year at least one time:[footnote]American College Health Association. (2019). American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment II: Canadian Reference Group, executive summary spring 2019. Silver Spring, MD: American College Health Association.[\/footnote]\r\n