Mental Disorder in Canada

by Cairney, John; Steiner, David L.

• ISBN13: 9780802092021
• ISBN10: 0802092020
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-31
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Canada has long been recognized as a leader in the field of psychiatric epidemiology, the study of the factors affecting mental health in populations. However, there has never been a book dedicated to the study of mental disorder at a population level in Canada. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the discipline uses data from the country's first national survey of mental disorder, the Canadian Community Health Survey of 2005, to fill that gap.Mental Disorder in Canada explores the history of psychiatric epidemiology, evaluates methodological issues, and analyzes the prevalence of several significant mental disorders in the population. The collection also includes essays on stigma, mental disorder and the criminal justice system, and mental health among women, children, workers, and other demographic groups. Focusing specifically on Canadian scholarship, yet wide-reaching in scope, Mental Disorder in Canada is an important contribution to the dissemination and advancement of knowledge on psychiatric epidemiology.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada: A Coming of Age	p. 3
Context and Theory
The Social Science Contribution to Psychiatric Epidemiology	p. 11
The History of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada: The Development of Community Surveys	p. 29
Intersecting Social Statuses and Psychiatric Disorder: New Conceptual Directions in the Social Epidemiology of Mental Disorder	p. 48
Methodological Issues
Estimating Population Trends through Secondary Data: Attractions and Limitations of National Surveys	p. 73
The Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health and Well-Being	p. 92
Epidemiology of Disorders
Affective Disorders in Canada	p. 107
Anxiety Disorders in Canada	p. 126
Contribution of Psychiatric Epidemiology to the Study of the Adult Severely Mentally Ill	p. 144
The Epidemiology of Co-occurring Substance Use and Other Mental Disorders in Canada: Prevalence, Service Use, and Unmet Needs	p. 170
Perspectives on Child Psychiatric Disorder in Canada	p. 205
Psychiatric Disorder in Later Life: A Canadian Perspective	p. 227
Special Topics
Gender and Depression	p. 259
Migrants and Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Canada	p. 286
Mental Disorders and Social Stigma: Three Moments in Canadian History	p. 304
Epidemiology of Mental Illness among Offenders	p. 331
The Epidemiology of Suicide in Canada	p. 357
Mental Health Care Services and Policy
Depression and Mental Health Supports and Services in Canada	p. 393
Examining the Mental Health of the Working Population: Organizations, Individuals, and Haystacks	p. 414
Knowledge Translation in Mental Health: From Epidemiology to Policy	p. 431
Final Thoughts
Where Do We Go from Here? The Future of Psychiatric Epidemiology in Canada	p. 451
Contributors	p. 459
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