The proportion of people aged 15 and over with generalized anxiety has doubled in the last decade. Photo: Pixabay.

More than five million people in Canada experienced some type of mental health disorder in 2022 and this number increased the problem in the country.

According to the state statistics agency, the proportion of people aged 15 and over with generalized anxiety has doubled in the last decade.

The analysis also found similar results in people with more severe depressive episodes, especially in the last 12 months.

To obtain these records, the facility used data from the Mental Health and Health Care Access Survey.

“The general deterioration occurred long before 2020” However, some of these numbers are due to the stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the analysis says. The results also showed that the percentage of alcohol use disorders decreased by 10% 2.2 percent in 2022.

According to official sources, Canada’s population is 40 million and the group most affected by the current mental health crisis is women between the ages of 15 and 24.

(With information from Almayadeen)

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