The survey shows that about 10% of Canadians are suffering from mental illness

About one in 10 Canadians suffered from mental illness in 2012, according to a survey released by Statistics Canada on Tuesday The survey of mental health in Canadians found that about 2.8 million Canadians had at least one mental illness symptom in the past year, such as severe depression, manic depression, generalized anxiety disorder, and alcohol and drug dependence, with the highest proportion of severe depression According to the survey, the proportion of women with affective disorder and generalized anxiety disorder is higher than that of men, while the number of men with substance use disorder is more Substance use disorder refers to the mental disorder caused by the use of alcohol, marijuana and other psychoactive substances The clinical symptoms include acute poisoning, addiction syndrome and so on At the same time, the survey shows that young people aged 15-24 are more likely to have emotional disorders and substance use disorders, while those aged 65 and above have the lowest proportion of all kinds of mental diseases In 2012, about 4.9 million Canadians believed they needed mental health services, including information, medication, psychological counseling and other services, most of whom needed psychological counseling Among the people who need mental health care services, 67% think that their needs have been met, while the rest think that their needs have not been met in part or at all Nearly one fifth of them attribute this to the problems of the medical system As an information sample, 25100 Canadians aged 15 and above were interviewed in this survey.