The research found the majority of respondents were already struggling with mental health before COVID-19 struck and service providers now can't keep up with the increased demand.
But the stigma surrounding mental health care was still the number one reason why respondents didn't seek it out, she says, adding that financial barriers were also high on the list.The study was done online and included responses from 103 women and interviews with five service providers. The researchers warn the data cannot be considered reflective of the wider population of racialized women in Canada due to sample sizes and lack of randomization.
That finding resonated with Meghan Watson, a registered psychotherapist and founder of Bloom Psychology & Wellness, in Toronto.Watson opened Bloom during the pandemic in 2020, and only a couple of months later she had to stop accepting new patients. Several of her clinical colleagues at Bloom also have full schedules, she says.
Jasmeet Chagger, left, and Maneet Chahal are the founders of SOCH, a non-profit aimed at increasing access to mental health services and battling the stigma against reaching out for help among South Asian communities in Peel Region. During the pandemic, SOCH led well-attended group sessions for women living in multi-generational homes with their in-laws and other extended family, something common in South-Asian Canadian households, she says. The sessions helped participants grapple with challenges of working from home, boundaries and other issues..But in spite of the increasing need for mental health supports, not all respondents felt like they could seek help.
I am calling on the Ontario government to do more for the mental health of COVID-19 survivors The CAMHnews recently reported on this as well camhfoundation There must be more support
Everyone needs a little of this for mental health! 😊
More likely broken homes, poor economy, cultural decay, and a government that only makes it all worse
I'm one of those! I had help, but all was taken after the last election! I suffer from a brain injury, BPD, depression, colitis, and scoliosis. I need severe help now the Health Minister took it all off the Sunshine Coast. I'd like to bill him for it.
The corrupt media is infatuated with race
Nothing related to lockdowns and losing jobs due to vaccine status....right?
Oh ffs
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I feel like it’s alot of other cultures too including European… our parents messed us up
'racialized' is not a word
DEFUND cbc!!!!
It’s holding EVERYONE back. Stop with the division
Race hustling
Barbara Kay: Why does a report on ‘gender equality’ in mental health all but ignore the illnesses of men and boys?
Wake up to the truth CBC and stop the gynocentric nature of your reporting A GENDER GAP THAT’S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH CANADIAN MEN DIE EARLIER THAN WOMEN, AND IT’S NOT BIOLOGICAL. What’s behind this deadly gap, and why doesn’t anyone seem to care?
Boys need better access to mental health care. Why aren't they getting it? “If you can’t turn to someone in your life and say how you are really feeling, then you’re only going to end up hurting yourself somehow down the road.”
UNESCO and IEA Release New 5-Year International Literacy Report: Boys Lagging Girls A substantial 18-point lag in male students’ performance compared to female students’ shows up in the new five-year PIRLS report on reading literacy, UNESCO and the IEA.
Men are 75% of suicides in Canada. When will the government institute programs do deal with this national shame? (Stats Canada) ................... 2013......2014......2015.....2016 Males........3,041.....3,159.....3,269....2,939 Females... 1,013.....1,095.....1,136....1,039
WORK FATALITY GAP! Men are dying on the job at 17.11 TIMES THE RATE OF WOMEN Equal Occupational Fatality Day for women . OVER 17 YEARS AFTER MEN’S Men: 137 per 17.8 million (workers) = 7.70 per million workers Women: 7 per 15.6 million (workers) = 0.45 per million workers.
MORE Occupation__Fatality rate/100,000 workers__%Male Iron Workers_____________29.8__97.8 Truck Drivers_____________25.2__94.9 Power-Line Workers_____20.5__97.0 Construction Workers___15.6__97.3 Mining Support_________12.2__99.9 Source: BLS
MEN do all the dirty/dangerous jobs and pay ultimate price as MEN ARE 94% OF WORKPLACE DEATHS AND 75% OF WORKPLACE INJURIES Occupation__Fatality rate/100K workers__%Male Logging_______132.7__97.2% Fishing_________54.8__99.9 Roofers_________39.7__97.7 Iron Workers___29.8__97.8
Old but likely worse now! More men than women die of cancer each year in Canada but funding of cancer research for women's cancers is more than double that for men's cancers. Stats Canada 2016 Women's Cancers $7,957,231 Men's Cancers $2,963,040
Men are more disadvantaged than women in the UK, US and most of Europe, scientists claim AND CANADA!
Barely scratching the surface, but NOTHING is done For every 100 girls/women….. *who die on the job there are 1,294 men *who are homeless there are 242 men *enrolled in graduate schools, there are 73 men *20-29 who commit suicide, there are 450 men
*Men are only 44% of university students in the west, and falling *Men are 165% more likely to be convicted than women. *75% of the homeless are men *50% of Domestic Violence is against men (as proven in over 200 studies) however less than 1% of DV shelter spaces are for men.
*Men die earlier but women's health gets four times more funding *Men pay 97% of Alimony *It is OK in society to circumcise boys but not girls *Court bias against men is at least 6 times bigger than racial bias. *Men lose custody in 84% of divorces.
*Men get 63% longer sentences than women for the same crime. *Life expectancy of men is about five years less than life expectancy of women and getting worse during the COVID pandemic *Research in women's cancer's is several times that of men's cancer's but more men die of cancer
CBC, you are funded by ALL CANADIANS why do you completely ignore the issues boys and men face? That is unconscionable, sexist and bias *Men are 94% of workplace fatalities. *Men are 74% of workplace injuries *Men are 75% of suicides *Men are 94% of work suicides
I know many many white people that suffer the same fate. Our system is an absolute failure. quitmakingitaboutrace
Can’t you stop race baiting?
People of color, women of color, let's do better. PLEASE let's do better.
If we go by racial mental health concerns, I think white men have the highest suicide rate. So why if we must make it about race, do we not make it about them?
An even newer study published by 'experts' found reading CBC propaganda causes mental illness
Is there not a stigma surrounding this with all groups? Is there not poor access to mental health resourcea all over? Who writes your moronic BS, CBC? What country do you import your low paid workers from?
Isn't this the same that holds everyone back? Why do you always report how this impacts gay, one-legged women with a lisp more than others? 'CBC reports that slow escalators have more of a negative impact on black men who don't own brown shoes'. FO with the BS.
🇨🇦My Mental Health Disability: From 2005 6 doctors did not tell me, Mental Health Court did not tell me, Health Canada fired me in March 2014, and in October 2018 I found out I had mild Schizophrenia given diagnosis of 2005 and 2007.🇨🇦
Always making it about race.
Applies to men also
Why is everything about race ?
Carry your cross and become stronger through faith. Or, blame others. Whatever. And invest in mental health care. Both are true.
This is live in LA right now.