Results: Current Mental Health Challenges in Society
Published on 09/25/2023
What challenges/barriers do you think are creating increasing levels of mental health challenges in North American society?
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Do you feel like you have a solid understanding of what mental health and mental illness are? Yes, I know a lot
41%
953 votes
Yes, but I don't know much
35%
816 votes
No, but I'd like to learn
12%
267 votes
No, and I'm not interested in/concerned with mental health issues
10%
224 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
40 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1.22% | 28 | |
| I know what I know and can look up the rest. | 0.04% | 1 |
| How about you tell us? | 0.04% | 1 |
| If you vote Dem,you are supporting it or suffering from it. | 0.04% | 1 |
| no comment | 0.04% | 1 |
| NA | 0.04% | 1 |
| Yes I have previously worked in the field but could stand to refresh my knowledge since the DSM-V came out. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I know what I need to know from my own knowlegde of my helth and well being. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I know quite a bit but not a lot. | 0.04% | 1 |
| not applicable | 0.04% | 1 |
| No and I'm not too interested in learning about it | 0.04% | 1 |
| I think so | 0.04% | 1 |
| I am Canadian | 0.04% | 1 |
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Do you think mental health is overall getting worse? Yes
68%
1553 votes
No
11%
258 votes
Undecided
21%
489 votes
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3.
What challenges do people today face in accessing proper mental health treatment? Financial barriers
60%
1377 votes
Lack of relevant services
51%
1176 votes
Physical location accessibility
40%
920 votes
Wait times
47%
1073 votes
Insufficient levels of care
50%
1157 votes
Poor overall mental health knowledge
46%
1068 votes
None, mental health treatment doesn't need improvements
4%
83 votes
None, mental health doesn't need treatment
7%
151 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
79 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.38% | 27 | |
| n/a | 0.04% | 3 |
| don't know | 0.03% | 2 |
| NA | 0.03% | 2 |
| I DON'T KNOW | 0.03% | 2 |
| All of the above | 0.03% | 2 |
| poor mental health services | 0.01% | 1 |
| Doctors misdiagnosing, doctors prescribing the wrong medication/or meds when not needed | 0.01% | 1 |
| Drugs and alcohol have a lot to do with it. | 0.01% | 1 |
| I don`t care enough to force myself to learn about it...To me its MOSTLY a twisted drugged induced scam... | 0.01% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.01% | 1 |
| no idea | 0.01% | 1 |
| Lowered instances of religious faith. | 0.01% | 1 |
| The stigma | 0.01% | 1 |
| social stigma around mental health issues and their treatment | 0.01% | 1 |
| Lack of understanding by the individual when that person is suffering from Mental health problems. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Challenge of rights of patients | 0.01% | 1 |
| I am not certain | 0.01% | 1 |
| NOT ENOUGH MONEY AND PEOPLE TO HELP PEOPLE, THEY HAVE SO MUCH STIGMA TO DEAL WITH NOT ENOUGH IS DONE TO HELP | 0.01% | 1 |
| Better parental guidance and divorced families, Fatherless boys. | 0.01% | 1 |
| No appropriate therapist to be available | 0.01% | 1 |
| Stigma about people with mental illness | 0.01% | 1 |
| Limited medical insurance coverage | 0.01% | 1 |
| treatments just don't work - need a lot more research and medications that actually work | 0.01% | 1 |
| Stigma | 0.01% | 1 |
| Abuse from mental health care practitioners, neglect from mental health care practitioners, forced institutionalization, poor care and support for autistic and neurodivergent adults, ect. | 0.01% | 1 |
| people over react to way too much 'stuff' today. everyone has stress, but it doesn't mean you need treatment. | 0.01% | 1 |
| The cost of mental health treatment. Insurance doesn't cover all of it and people are financially distressed. Same with drug treatment. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Lefties telling white people they are bad people and telling black people they are oppressed. The communists taking over both Canadian and US government | 0.01% | 1 |
| .. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Knowledge of how and when to seek help. Physical health is easy, if something hurts, you go to a clinic. But with mental health, it’s not straightforward to discern the difference between a papercut and an infection | 0.01% | 1 |
| pride | 0.01% | 1 |
| It’s hard to help someone who doesn’t want it. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Have no idea | 0.01% | 1 |
| They want to just treat mental health like they are diseases. They don't get to the root of them nor do they treat the WHOLE person. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Id10ts encouraging it | 0.01% | 1 |
| IDK | 0.01% | 1 |
| discrimination in mental healthcare especially in the areas of sexual and gender orientation along with indigenous status. | 0.01% | 1 |
| Looney tunes definition of what constitutes good mental health | 0.01% | 1 |
| unsure | 0.01% | 1 |
| no comment | 0.01% | 1 |
| stigma/judgment from others | 0.01% | 1 |
| I have no idea | 0.01% | 1 |
| Having intact families and communities, such as church communities, that love them unconditionally and offer practical physical and emotional help when needed | 0.01% | 1 |
| not enough mental health clinics available | 0.01% | 1 |
| lack of self responsibility | 0.01% | 1 |
| There will always be a stigma in going for help as long as there are people ready and willing to judge others harshly, unnecessarily and wrongly. | 0.01% | 1 |
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