PSYA02H3 Chapter 16: PSYA02 Chapter 16
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Over the past several decades, attitudes toward therapy have changed. For example it is now common for celebs to be open about their traumatic childhoods, relationship problems, drug abuse, and other psychological disorders. o. These changes reflect a general normalization of the whole idea of psychological disorders and decreasing the stigma towards mental illnesses. In canada, approximately 10% of the population seeks treatment for mental health issues. In general, women participate in therapy more than men. And people from ages 35-55 seek more treatment than other younger adults and the elderly. In canada, asian canadians and people of native descent are both less likely to seek mental health than caucasians. Therapy is also more common for canadians and american in general relative to other countries such as israel, hungary, japan, and korea. Not everyone receives help, in one study 1600 people were diagnosed with depression but only about 30% were receiving some form of help o.
