ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2017
Service Use and Unmet Needs for Substance Use and Mental Disorders in Canada.
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67 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Comfort in Providing Care and Associations With Attitudes Towards Substance Use: A Survey of Mental Health Clinicians at an Urban Hospital in Vancouver, Canada.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Burnout and Professional Quality of Life Amongst Crisis Hotline Responders: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Canada During COVID-19.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of Prediction Models for Perceived and Unmet Mental Health Needs in the Canadian General Population: Model-Based Synthetic Estimation Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
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- Exploring unregulated substance use health data in Ontario, Canada: Identifying gaps, addressing challenges, and uncovering opportunities.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- The relationship between neighbourhood income and youth mental health service use differs by immigration experience: analysis of population-based data in British Columbia, Canada.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Emergency Department Use among Patients with Mental Health Problems: Profiles, Correlates, and Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Training in Substance Use Disorders, Part 2: Updated Curriculum Guidelines.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate patterns and predictors of help seeking and met/unmet needs for mental health care in a national population health survey.
methodParticipants were respondents to the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey on Mental Health (CCHS-MH; n = 25,133). We used regression to identify the diagnostic and sociodemographic predictors of the use of informal supports, primary care, and specialist care, as well as perceived unmet needs.
resultsEleven percent of Canadians reported using professionally led services for mental health or substance use in 2012, while another 9% received informal supports. Two-thirds of people with substance use disorders did not receive any care, and among those who did, informal supports were most common. Seventy-four percent of people with mood/anxiety disorders and 88% of those with co-occurring disorders did access services, most commonly specialist mental health care. Men, older people, members of ethnocultural minorities, those not born in Canada, those with lower education, and those with higher incomes were less likely to receive care. Unmet needs were higher among people with substance use disorders.
conclusionsGaps in services continue to exist for some potentially vulnerable population subgroups. Policy and practice solutions are needed to address these unmet needs. In particular, the convergence of research pointing to gaps in the availability and accessibility of high-quality services for substance use in Canada demands attention.
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