Chapter 9 - Mental Health

Key Messages:

• Algoma residents are satisfied in their lives (93.9%)(5) though females (22.4%) are more likely to feel
  stressed compared to males (17.1%).
  
  
• The longest wait time for counselling and therapy for children and youth in Algoma was over a year (370
  days).
  
  
• Hospitalizations for self-harm in Algoma (109.6 per 100 000) are higher than in Ontario (66.8 per 100 000),
  with females in Algoma being more likely to be hospitalized for self-harm (164 per 100 000) than males
  (59.8 per 100 000).
  
  
• In Algoma, youth aged 10-19 years old are hospitalized for self-harm more often than any other age
  group.
  
  
• Emergency department visits for eating disorders in Algoma increased 85% in 5 years, from 15.4 per
  100 000 to 28.5 per 100 000.
  
  
• Emergency department visits for cannabis-related mental illness in Algoma (170.1 per 100 000) is more
  than double the provincial rate (82.8 per 100,000).

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