Links to data and reports from authoritative mental health organizations.
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI): The most comprehensive single source of mental health data for Canada.
The Health of Canada’s Young People: A Mental Health Focus (2011): “the Canadian hBSC report is part of the World health Organization’s collaborative crossnational study that we have been part of for more than 20 years. this research greatly increases our understanding of young people’s health, but also guides health education and health promotion policy and programs in Canada and in the more than 40 countries participating in the study.”
Hospital Mental Health Services for Concurrent Mental Illness & Substance Use Disorder in Canada (2013): Executive summary. Recent pan-Canadian data on mental health diagnosis via Hospitalization visits.
The Human Face of Mental Health and Mental Illness in Canada (2006): This report includes a general chapter on Mental Illness and chapters on Mood Disorders, Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Eating Disorders, and Suicidal Behaviour. New chapters have been added on mental health, problematic substance use, gambling, hospitalization, and Aboriginal people’s mental health and well-being.
Statistics Canada, Mental Health & Well-Being: Information on mental well-being including self-esteem, stress, depression and mental disorders. Make sure to check the “publications” section.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): ICPSR advances and expands social and behavioral research, acting as a global leader in data stewardship and providing rich data resources and responsive educational opportunities for present and future generations. ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
US Mental Health Data, Fast Facts: This is a set of data reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on various mental health conditions.
