Mental health and COVID-19: Here’s why the pandemic was harder on struggling Canadians
“It doesn’t discriminate people who are financially well-off and people living in poverty,” she said.
“Anyone can have a mental health problem and anyone does. But one of the things the literature has already told us is once you have a psychiatric diagnosis, there’s a slide into poverty… Once you have that diagnosis, you’re more likely to… go down. There’s that slippage.”Since the start of the pandemic, suicide was more likely to be contemplated by those with low, moderate and severe mental health difficulties compared to those without, the study found.
For those with severe mental health difficulties, one in five contemplated suicide since the pandemic began.“There are a lot of online supports,” she said. “Connect the local Canadian mental health associations… Most of the local chapters, if you go to your own community, will have where you can find help in your community.”
“They have a lot of self-help tools available on websites… For people who are feeling isolated, peer support organizations and consumer self-help groups are available on 411.”
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