and we are talking about Mental Health
Mental Illness is an illness NOT a weakness.
- One in five Canadians will become mentally ill.
- Canada has one of the highest rates of adolescent suicides.
- In a classroom of 30 students, five students will be experiencing a mental health issue.
- By 2020 Mental Health will be the #1 health-care cost for Canadians.
We need to remove the stigma surrounding Mental Health.
As Healers, Teachers, Health-care and Health professionals, as Mothers, Fathers, Aunts, Uncles, Brothers, Sisters and Grandparents, as friends, colleagues, classmates, and most importantly, as caring and responsible members of society, We all need to start talking and continue talking about Mental Health.
Take a listen to the following interview with Canada's most decorated Olympic athlete, Clara Hughes. She is an amazing person providing an even more amazingly honest and candid interview, revealing her struggles with Depression.
http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2012/02/08/clara-hughes-on-q/
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