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You Are Not Alone

1 in 5 individuals will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime.¹
At any given time, 10.4% of Canadians have a mental illness.³
8% of Canadians have experienced depression in their lifetime.³
13.4% of adults over age 15 reported having serious thoughts about suicide in their lifetime²
11.5% of adults reported symptoms that met criteria for having panic disorder, agoraphobia, and social anxiety disorder in their lifetime.²
Check out our Depression in Canada infographic here
Check out our Generalized Anxiety Disorder infographic here
Check out our Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder infographic here
Check out our Panic Disorder infographic here
Check out our Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder infographic here
Check out our Social Anxiety Disorder infographic here
Check out our Specific Phobia infographic here
Check out our Bipolar Disorder infographic here
Check out our Anorexia Nervosa infographic here
Check out our Binge Eating Disorder infographic here
Check out our Bulimia Nervosa infographic here

^{1Health Canada. 2002. A report on mental illness in Canada.
²Health Canada. 2006. The human face of mental health and mental illnesss in Canada 2006.
³Mood Disorders Society of Canada. 2009. Quick facts: Mental illness and addiction in Canada.}

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