The Canadian healthcare system has gone through many changes throughout the years of its existence. Healthcare 's first …show more content…
The youth has been treated differently especially with the rise in mental disorders with children. There has been a 42% increase in hospitalization with children because of mental disorders and a 50% increase in visits to the emergency department. Since we have seen a big increase in mental health disorders in children many people are being more cautious with their children and also doctors are treating it as more of a legitimate problem, another important stat for this section is that 16% decrease in visits to the hospital for other reasons so mental disorders might be deemed more important than some other sicknesses. Staying on the topic of mental disabilities we will segway into the topic of medication and how the youth with disabilities are prescribed. One in twelve youth is prescribed medications for their mental disabilities. Also, 7% of kids in Canada have taken a pill for disabilities at least once. The fact the so many Children are using these drugs shows how much more we rely on on medication instead of alternatives like therapy for children. Since we 've been talking about Mental disabilities in children, mental disorders are some of the most common diseases throughout the world. Mental disorders take into account over 13% of the world 's diseases and around 15% of children may develop a disability. If mental disabilities are so common and rising then why aren 't there many people trying to make a real change? Basically, the youth healthcare system has been almost taken over by the mentally disabled, due to massive growth in it and increase in the use of medications to cure