The Importance Of Mental Health Care In Canada

“The Canada Health Act is enacted to ensure the health care in Canada. The main aim of which is to protect, promote and restore the mental and physical well-being of Canadians and to ensure that health services are accessible to all individuals without any discrimination from funding by the federal government, provinces and territories to provide coverage for health services that are deemed to be “medically necessary” for the purposes of maintaining health, preventing disease, and diagnosing or treating an injury or disability. This act covers all treatments whether it is in-patient or out-patient. The scope and coverage of “medically necessary” has not gone without protest. There are still several services that are either unfunded or only

That’s why mostly individuals ignore the mental health concerns. The Mental Health Commission of Canada states that while 1 in 5 Canadians will experience mental health challenges in any given year, only 1 in 3 actually report seeking treatment. A CBC reports claims that stigma surrounding mental health costs employers $20 billion a year. Lack of access to mental health services and unfriendly environments

With this change, mental health has received increased attention in media, political discourse, and legislation or strategies for certain groups, especially as awareness and de-stigmatization movements grow in size and force. While pieces of the Commission’s 2012 strategy may have been considered in the creation of these spin-offs, limited headway has been made for the creation of national legislation and changes in health care spending. The CHMA states that while the Canadian federal government increased public-funding transfers for health care by $6.6 billion in 2014, it has not assigned any of these payments to the provinces to improve mental health. As the Commission notes in their strategy, the government must crave the path for bringing mental health out of the shadows through