May 6, 2021
This week marks Mental Health Week across Canada and the main question everyone is asking these days…how are you feeling?
Alan Stevenson is the CEO of Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton-Kent, and says the organization’s research shows the pandemic is taking an emotional toll on all of us.
“The theme this year is Get Real About Your Mental Health, and that is really meant to acknowledge the difficult time that everybody is coping with in COVID,” Stevenson says. “Just to say to Canadians that it’s normal to have negative feelings and feel like it’s a struggle to manage, that’s a perfectly normal and human reaction.”
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected most peopleâs mental health to some degree, the Lambton Kent branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has found anxiety has been the most common issue in the past year.
âIt has been challenging, I think, for everybody to cope,â Alan Stevenson, CEO of the local branch, said.
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At the provincial level, the mental health association has conducted three surveys during the pandemic. In December, 35 per cent of Ontarians said their mental health was good, which was down from 52 per cent last spring.
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected most peopleâs mental health to some degree, the Lambton Kent branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has found anxiety has been the most common issue in the past year.
âIt has been challenging, I think, for everybody to cope,â Alan Stevenson, CEO of the local branch, said.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser. Is anxiety a problem? Youâre not alone, says CMHA branch head Back to video
At the provincial level, the mental health association has conducted three surveys during the pandemic. In December, 35 per cent of Ontarians said their mental health was good, which was down from 52 per cent last spring.