Mental Health Fast Fact

• In Canada, the economic burden of all types of mental illnesses is estimated at $14.5 billion each year; the majority of these costs relate to depression and anxiety disorders
• In Canada, approximately 20 per cent of older adolescents and young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 have a mental health or substance abuse problem; in southwestern Ontario, that number is 27 per cent
• The First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program (FEMAP) is an innovative new program developed by Psychiatrist and Rea Chair, Dr. Elizabeth Osuch. The program aims to reach out to high schools, colleges, universities and the community to help youth aged 16 and up recognize if they have a depression, other mood or anxiety problem, and learn how, when, and where to get help.

London Health Sciences Centre's Mental Health Care program provides treatment from childhood to old age, with services ranging from early intervention and prevention, to emergent, urgent and treatment-focused mental health care.

The interdisciplinary care delivery model continually trains physicians and all other mental health care professionals in an integrated education model.

Research ranges from studies at the molecular level in the laboratory, to the study of the brain through neuroimaging techniques, to clinical research allowing health care professionals to evaluate treatments at the bedside and in the community.

Upon completion of Victoria Hospital's North Tower, the adult and child/adolescent Mental Health Care programs will move from South Street Hospital, uniting all acute care services with emergency and medical/surgical services. Neuropsychiatry facilities at University Hospital are also under re-development.

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