ADAC: Canadians Struggle to Get Adequate Treatment for Anxiety Disorders

From: CCNMatthews Newswire | Date: December 6, 2006 | Copyright information

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(CCNMatthews - Dec. 6, 2006) - The Statistics Canada Community Health Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing has revealed that anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problems in Canada. This recent survey estimates that 1,040,000 Canadians (3.2%) have social anxiety disorder, 480,000 Canadians (1.5%) have panic disorder, and 227,000 Canadians (0.7%) have agoraphobia. Anxiety disorders were especially common in the young people in the survey (ages 15 to 24) with 6.5% experiencing one of these problems over the last year and 12% over their lifetime. These are low ...

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