Global News published this video item, entitled “Mental Health Week: signs it’s time to see a therapist” – below is their description.
It’s mental health week in Canada. The 70 year annual tradition held by the Canadian Mental Health Association, is dedicated to celebrating, protecting and promoting mental health.
Experts say raising awareness has become even more important during the pandemic. According to a survey released by the CMHA in late January, 77% of Canadians reported feeling negative emotions and 41% saw a decline in their mental health during the pandemic.
Global’s Sharmeen Somani tells us the signs we should look for, to know if we need professional help.
Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. It extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world’s second-largest country by total area.
Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world’s longest bi-national land border. Canada’s capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Various Indigenous peoples inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years before European colonization. The Canada Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British Parliament. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy in the Westminster tradition, with a monarch and a prime minister who serves as the chair of the Cabinet and head of government.
As a highly developed country, Canada has the seventeenth-highest nominal per-capita income globally as well as the thirteenth-highest ranking in the Human Development Index. Its advanced economy is the tenth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks.