Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions Report
Opening Eyes, Opening Minds: The Ontario Burden of Mental Illness and Addictions Report is the third and final report in a series of burden of disease reports produced with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. The study quantifies the burden of mental illness and addictions in Ontario.
Ontarians suffer a high burden of illness from mental illness and addictions - more than 1.5 times that of all cancers and more than seven times that of all infectious diseases.
The findings of this study highlight the need for health care providers, practitioners, policy-makers and researchers to work together to:
- Identify effective mental health promotion, as well as mental illness and addiction prevention interventions
- Improve access to treatment for those suffering from mental illness and addiction
Given the significant burden, there is a need to consider population-based promotion, prevention and treatment strategies aimed at reducing the burden of mental illness and addictions in Ontario.
"Mtazamo wa ""Mtazamo wa Ontario"" ni ripoti ya tatu na ya mwisho katika mfululizo wa ripoti za mzigo wa magonjwa zinazozalishwa na Taasisi ya Sayansi ya Tathmini ya Kliniki." Utafiti huo unaonyesha uzito wa magonjwa ya akili na uraibu katika Ontario. Watu wa Ontario wanaathiriwa na magonjwa ya akili na ulevi - zaidi ya mara 1.5 ya saratani zote na zaidi ya mara saba ya magonjwa yote ya kuambukiza. Matokeo ya utafiti huu yanaonyesha umuhimu wa watoa huduma za afya, watendaji, watunga sera na watafiti kufanya kazi pamoja ili: - Kutambua uendelezaji wa afya ya akili, pamoja na magonjwa ya akili na uchochezi wa kuzuia - Kuboresha upatikanaji wa matibabu kwa wale wanaosumbuliwa na ugonjwa wa akili na uchochezi - Kwa kuzingatia mzigo mkubwa, kuna haja ya kuzingatia mkakati wa kukuza, kuzuia na matibabu wa watu wote.