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Offers information on mental health such as mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, and suicidal behaviour including incidence, prevention and treatment.
The prevalence of panic disorder, by selected socio-demographic characteristics, is examined. Comparisons are made between people with a history of panic disorder and those who have never experienced this illness in relation to chronic physical conditions, other mental health disorders, work status and coping.
Source: Statistics Canada
Winter Blues Cabin Fever Winter Doldrums Holiday Depression Winter Depression Many different names are used to describe this disorder of depression that worsens in the winter months. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) usually begins in late autumn and/or early winter and goes away in the summer months. Although SAD can affect anyone, especially those living in northern latitudes, young people and women are at the highest risk.
Source: Canadian Women's Health Network (CWHN)
This article presents prevalence estimates of social anxiety disorder (social phobia) among the Canadian household population aged 15 or older. The relationships between this mental disorder and others is examined.
Source: Statistics Canada
Bipolar disorder is a highly disruptive chronic mood disorder, yet two-thirds of the people aged 25 to 64 who have the condition are able to hold a job. Having someone to help with the practical necessities of life appears to be an important factor in distinguishing people who are employed from those who are not.
Source: Statistics Canada
Mental Health and Well-being, from the 2002 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) provides cross-sectional estimates at provincial and national levels. Topics include the prevalence of various mental disorders (depression, mania, panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia), mental health problems (alcohol and illicit drug dependence, gambling, suicide, eating trouble) and access to and use of mental health care services in the past 12 months. The survey also collects information on many determinants and correlates of mental health such as socio-demographic information, income, stress, medication use and social support. Data were collected from close to 37,000 respondents, aged 15 or older, residing in households in each province.
Source: Statistics Canada
Medical science now has evidence to support something most of us have known intuitively for awhile - happiness, including feelings of joy, pleasure, contentment, and our physical health are linked.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Getting rid of emotional baggage is an important component of overall health.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Promotional campaigns, web sites, journals and networking groups targeting men and their mental health awareness are breaking the silence that has long surrounded this topic. But there is a long way to go before the depth and breadth of knowledge about men's mental health issues approaches that relating to women. Read on for more information.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Work can be a cause of frustration and stress, and for some people, depending on where they work and what they do, it can be hazardous to their health.
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
There is still so much stigma attached to mental illness that half of sufferers never get treatment. So it's no wonder that there are real fears about being stigmatized in the workplace.
Source: Canadian Health Network
Describes major mental illnesses and outlines their incidence and prevalence, causation, impact, stigma, and prevention and treatment. Includes chapters on mood disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders, and suicidal behaviour.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Intended to reach out to Canadian families in need of information and resources to help their children to live through the process of separation and divorce. Also designed to assist professionals in such fields as social services, health, justice and education, in their work with children and their parents.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Critical review of the evidence base for "best practices" relevant to mental health reform, with a focus on chronic and severe mental illness, and a situational analysis of mental health reform policies, practices and initiatives in Canada which approximate "best practices". Implementation of best practices across entire systems of care. Recommendations for action.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Provides Canadian statistics of hospitalizations for mental disorders, by cause.
Source: Statistics Canada
Employee assistance programs and services for Canadian Para-public, Public Servants and their family members.
Source: Health Canada
Health Canada Mental Health programs, resources and reports
Source: Health Canada
This study examines eight measures of mental health and looks for associations with nine potential demographic and psychosocial determinants.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Public Health Agency of Canada's mental health publications cover stress, divorce, depression and manic depression, and other topics.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
There has been growing uncertainty as to the exact nature of the relationship between mental illness and violence, among caregivers, health care providers, and advocacy groups. To help shed light on this issue, this critical review of the literature was undertaken.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Covers the basic issues, methods and instruments, and fosters an understanding of what is needed to employ Quality of Life (QoL) measurement in a meaningful way in clinical practice, evaluation activities or research projects.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Features information on psychosocial impact of cancer on families.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada
Tips on how to maintain good mental health
Source: Veterans Affairs
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