Open AccessService Use for Mental Health Reasons: Cross-Provincial Differences in Rates, Determinants, and Equity of Access
Author(s) -
HelenMaria Vasiliadis,
Alain Lesage,
Carol E. Adair,
Richard Boyer
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the canadian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1497-0015
pISSN - 0706-7437
DOI - 10.1177/070674370505001007
Subject(s) - equity (law) , mental health , psychology , mental health service , cross sectional study , demographic economics , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , political science , economics , pathology , law
In 2002, Canada undertook its first national survey on mental health and well-being, including detailed questioning on service use. Mental disorders may affect more than 1 person in 5, according to past regional and less comprehensive mental health surveys in Canada, and most do not seek help. Individual determinants play a role in health resource use for mental health (MH) reasons. This study aimed to provide prevalence rates of health care service use for MH reasons by province and according to service type and to examine determinants of MH service use in Canada and across provinces.
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