Will Scharer
Health 205
10-16-17
One health issue that often gets overlooked in the Canadian healthcare industry is mental health which is very unique because it affects all Canadians at some point throughout their lives in their relationships with family members, friends and colleagues (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2017). A demographic that has been struggling significantly with the mental health disorder anxiety is young men between the ages of 15 and 24. This paper will justify why an intervention related to anxiety and the overall mental health among young Canadian men is necessary and then will discuss behavioural and environmental determinants that are related to the issue. The essay will conclude by picking a behavioural and …show more content…
While they experience these new stressors, they often do not know how to deal with these new levels and as a result mental health disorders tend to increase from childhood to adolescents (Nguyen et al. 2005:621). A survey conducted in 2002 by Nguyen et al, looked at 2,860 Canadian men between the ages of 15-24 and concluded that 9.6% of the participants struggled with anxiety disorders (ibid). This is a major problem because anxiety does not simply go away, and it often leads to greater problems and lastly males this age are least likely to seek help because of the male dominated society we live in (Lynch, Long & Moorhead 2016:1). As a result they choose to deal with their emotions on their own, often in unhealthy ways such as substance abuse which is a major problem because men have higher rates of addiction than women or not addressing the problem (Frey 2002:322). Men that do not seek help often end up committing suicide and as a result, it has become the leading cause of death for Canadians between the ages of 15-24. (Bilsker & White 2011). What is even more alarming is that the suicide rate in Canada is 4% higher for men than for women, and as a result this makes Canada’s youth suicide rate the third highest in the industrialized world (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2017). These high levels of suicide indicate that an
Health 205
10-16-17
One health issue that often gets overlooked in the Canadian healthcare industry is mental health which is very unique because it affects all Canadians at some point throughout their lives in their relationships with family members, friends and colleagues (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2017). A demographic that has been struggling significantly with the mental health disorder anxiety is young men between the ages of 15 and 24. This paper will justify why an intervention related to anxiety and the overall mental health among young Canadian men is necessary and then will discuss behavioural and environmental determinants that are related to the issue. The essay will conclude by picking a behavioural and …show more content…
While they experience these new stressors, they often do not know how to deal with these new levels and as a result mental health disorders tend to increase from childhood to adolescents (Nguyen et al. 2005:621). A survey conducted in 2002 by Nguyen et al, looked at 2,860 Canadian men between the ages of 15-24 and concluded that 9.6% of the participants struggled with anxiety disorders (ibid). This is a major problem because anxiety does not simply go away, and it often leads to greater problems and lastly males this age are least likely to seek help because of the male dominated society we live in (Lynch, Long & Moorhead 2016:1). As a result they choose to deal with their emotions on their own, often in unhealthy ways such as substance abuse which is a major problem because men have higher rates of addiction than women or not addressing the problem (Frey 2002:322). Men that do not seek help often end up committing suicide and as a result, it has become the leading cause of death for Canadians between the ages of 15-24. (Bilsker & White 2011). What is even more alarming is that the suicide rate in Canada is 4% higher for men than for women, and as a result this makes Canada’s youth suicide rate the third highest in the industrialized world (Canadian Mental Health Association, 2017). These high levels of suicide indicate that an