For the past couple days I've been doing some interviews and filming for my summative video (on mental health) and it's extremely surprising to find how many people have struggled with depression and/or other mental illnesses. Some statistics I found were that 20% of Canadians personally experience mental illness. That may not sound like that much (most people I interviewed thought it would be more like 50%) but when you think about it, that's 6 896 000 people! Six million eight hundred and ninety-six thousand people who struggle with mental health. 24% of deaths are due to suicide, just for people aged 15-24 years old. 8 275 200 teenagers die by suicide. Gone, never to see another day, never to laugh again, and they'll 100% never get to see things get better.
Why is there not more attention to this? Not to suicide, because when someone dies by suicide, schools and media are all over that. But to mental health? Why don't we do more to bring attention to mental health? Mental illness indirectly affects all Canadians at some time through a family member, friend, or colleague. So why are we not doing more to prevent suicide? Why are we not doing more to help each other?
Signs: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm
Help hotline: http://www.suicidehotlines.com/canada.html
Why is there not more attention to this? Not to suicide, because when someone dies by suicide, schools and media are all over that. But to mental health? Why don't we do more to bring attention to mental health? Mental illness indirectly affects all Canadians at some time through a family member, friend, or colleague. So why are we not doing more to prevent suicide? Why are we not doing more to help each other?
Signs: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm
Help hotline: http://www.suicidehotlines.com/canada.html
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