Nova Scotia Mental Illness: A Case Study

Many citizens do not get the help they need because they are afraid of what will happen after telling someone their feelings. Why is that? People with mental illnesses should be okay with telling someone, while not being scared about what they might think of them after getting the help. That is why citizens should get the help they need. Which then when they do not get the help they need it can lead to even worse circumstances. According to a doctor with a PhD, David Susman. The eight reasons people do not get help when they have a mental illness is, one, fear and shame. Two, limited awareness; three, lack of insight; four, feelings of inadequacy; five, distrust; six, hopefulness; seven, unavailability; lastly, practical barriers. Although that most likely did not make any sense to the reader, citizens with or without a mental illness should address the problem so people with mental illness do not feel like they are alone. If the depression does not get help thoughts of suicide become a natural occurrence, the depression can become worse, likewise other medical issues can arise. Such as pains/aches can happen all over the person with a mental illness, the brain chemistry of a person with a mental disorder changes which can lead to strokes or even a heart attack. The well being of those who have a mental health issue that do not get help, remains appalling, alarming, furthermore the people with mental health issues have perpetual

Conversely, resources can be accessed through the Provincial Health Services Authority, PHSA. PHSA believes that untreated mental illness can hugely impact employee health and works to support health care professionals, like nurses, to overcome emotional challenges (Provincial Health Services Authority [PHSA], 2017). Through their website, nurses suffering from a psychological injury can access resources such as the free and confidential Employee and Family Assistance Program, EFAP. Not only does EFAP provide Monday to Friday counselling services for employees, but the program also offers Critical Incident Stress Management Services, CISM. This provides 24 hour, 7 days a week triage, consultation and coaching for health care workers experiencing a traumatic event (Employee and Family Assistance Program, 2012). This program is a great tool for nurses and should be utilized whenever necessary.

At his White House conference on mental illness, Obama said, "We whisper about mental health issues and avoid asking too many questions. The brain is a body part, too. We just know less about it. And there should be no shame in discussing or seeking help for treatable illnesses that affect too many people that we love." It is normal to become emotional with this situation. It's not abnormal to not understand and know how to deal with this. All of us can make a difference to end this stigma. End this silence and use your powerful voice. Do not label or judge people with a mental illness. Treat them with respect as you would want to be treated. As our first step forward we must get the conversation started. We can take steps today that will have a significant impact on improving the lives of the next generation and others to come. We have the opportunity to make a difference during our lifetimes that will carry on, be the change, and take the

Close to six million Canadians live with mental illness; let alone the thousands that are undiagnosed. Mental illness has made big headlines in the news in the recent years. The people suffering from mental illness have been faced with discrimination a caused by a stigma towards them. Mental illness can be caused by many different factors whether they are psychological or environmental. Although only twenty percent of Canadians personally experience mental illness in their lifetime, it affects everyone in their lives. Many of the people suffering from mental illness live their lives in silence because of the stigma attached to the illness. They would rather nobody know about their condition than face the stigma and discrimination of the

Mental illness is not getting the proper attention it needs. The United States should provide more funding to the mentally ill, for research, and medical purposes. Over fifteen million people are diagnosed with a mental illness every year. Many of them have difficulties to afford the treatment they need. Some do not even know that they have a mental illness because they never had a reason or even the finances to get checked. A mental illness can be detected at a young age. One with a mental disorder can suffer from depression and suicide, by receiving support from family and friends can help prevent this. By providing test at public schools could help detect an illness at a young age and give them the proper treatment needed to overcome their illness. Many who have a mental illness are unemployed, and have financial issues. By not receiving the proper treatment can result in harm to themselves or even others. The government is not giving the proper amount of funds for research and treatment. Some take advantage of the system and are the cause of the amount being so low. Mental illness is not getting the appropriate funding it needs to provide proper care.

Canada’ mental health system has struggled to implement compassionate mental health treatment and the persistent problem of stigmatization negatively impacts its development. There are prevailing misconceptions and misunderstanding that result in those with mental illnesses being labelled as “idiots”, “imbeciles” and lunatics" (Kirby & Keon, 2004). Fighting this stigma is of paramount importance to ensure the support of those with mental illness and enable them to seek the necessary treatment.

Every day, schizophrenia not only disrupts the lives of hundreds of thousands of Canadians, but it also places a significant strain on our society. This disorder affects approximately 300,000 Canadians, and places a burden on not only the patient, but their families, the clinicians and other health care professionals. Deinstitutionalization, importance on legal rights, ineffective policy, and community based treatment all contribute to the way services for schizophrenia are delivered in Canada. Symptoms of Schizophrenia can affect daily functions of which people rely on. These symptoms can vary in severity which creates obstacles such as being able to maintain employment, relationships, and engage in social network; which results in a lower standard of living among these individuals.

Mental illness refers to many disorders that affect your mood, thinking, and behaviour. There are many different types of mental illnesses with different severities such as depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviour. Having a mental illness is so common in Canada, 1 in 5 people encounter some degree of it. Many of your friends and family may be suffering from some form of mental illness without you knowing it. This can be because it is at a very early and week stage, they are on their medication, or they are doing a good job at hiding it from you. People often hide their illness to prevent being judged and treated differently from their loved ones. This can be a problem as their illness could worsen and cause long term irreversible damages. Some of our society doesn’t respect people with mental illnesses as before, people with this illness were called crazy and they were told they had a disease. This may be a reason people still don’t feel comfortable telling people close to them.

Alexis Janei Yancey died on friday 2080 in South Carolina at the age of 83. she spent most of her time finding a way to help her philadelphia community. Alexis Yancey was known to giving young people advice and comfort. everyone in her community respected and loved her. she was raised to only help people in her family but she didn’t believe that she was brought in world to do that . she felt she was here to help change the world. Her friends loved being around her. she was always the live of the party. even though she could be shy around people she didn’t know, she was only trying to see how they acted around people. she loved everyone around her.

Mental health disorders are highly prevalent in most of the countries and account of a large proportion of disease burden. In recent years, many countries have made the prevention of mental health disorders top priority, given the economic burden associated with the mental health disorders. Canadians seeking assistance for mental health problems face lengthy waiting lists for all most all mental health services. This contributes to over-crowding in emergency rooms and to resources wasted when problems become worse or people wait for service not appropriate to their needs. Delay in to service have had led to costly no-shows in many community mental health service providers and family service agencies. With limited resources mental service providers

A cause that every individual should think about how to resolve such sadness in the world is mental health. Mental health had ruined many childhoods of many and the lives of many. The issues of mental health have increasingly grown throughout the years, here in Canada. One in five Canadians suffers through mental health, and the twenty percent of teens in Canada affected by mental health, and substance abuse issues. For mental health is drowning many teens around the world from physical, verbal, social and cyberbullying at school and even at home. This leads them into a deep depression to where untrue things pop in their perfectly innocent minds. In the first place, they require my voice and yours to speak up for themselves. To be able to express

Buried halfway down a recent news story about whether or not Canadians (even the RCMP themselves) “want” marijuana legalized, is an overture to the effect of no longer supporting the umbrella-organization par excellence in Canadian mental health policy.

Mental illness covers a wide range of illnesses such as eating disorders, anxiety disorders, depression, addictive behaviors and schizophrenia (Mayo Clinic). Mental illnesses affect an individual’s ability to think and behave. The illness that majority of people around the world have is depression. It is estimated that depression will affect 350 million people (Depression A Global Public Health Concern). Mental illnesses tend to lead to suicide and it accounts for 24% of deaths among young adults aged 15-24 years old and 16% aged 25-44 years old in Canada (Canadian Mental Health Association). It is also estimated that 10-20% of Canadian youth are affected from a disorder or mental illness (Canadian Mental Health Association). Depression is

The maxim for the United Negro College Fund states that “the mind is terrible thing to waste.” The human brain is the least know of all the organs, in the human body because, it is the one that we cannot live without, for even for a millisecond. So unlike other organs it extremely difficult to study and therefore it is the least understood. With modern technologies and longitudinal studies becoming available much more about the brain is known as compared to previous years. However, much more still needs to be discovered especially as it relates to mental health aspect of brain

In my community and school, mental health was never discussed until I was in high school, when I took course in psychology and I learned about different mental illness, and I found many of them very interesting. One thing, I remember learning in high school was about Sybil and her mental illness. I do not think I am aware of stigma associated with mental health issues in the circle that I travel in. I feel like in a way it is uncomfortable to talk about, but also in a way it is not uncomfortable, because some people like to express what they are going through, and some people enhance the challenges they have in life. I think personally it is very uncomfortable, I know from experience, because people in my family tended to ignore the fact that someone was suffering from a mental illness, and do not want to talk about it. I think if I had mental illness I would be uncomfortable because I was would feel like that people would judge me, because I am different and I was feel