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- Title: Prevalence and Risk Indicators of Depressed Mood in On-Reserve First Nations Youth (Quantitative Research) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 284 KB
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The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 1.1 and 2.1) from Statistics Canada found that 7.1% of the Canadian population aged 12 and over likely had a major depressive episode in the previous 12 months, in comparison to 13.2% of the self-declared Aboriginal population. (1) There are two limitations worth noting. First, the CCHS excludes anyone living on an Indian reserve in Canada and, as such, the results can only be generalized to the off-reserve population. (2) Second, data from the CCHS are too limited to examine specific subgroups, such as the Aboriginal adolescent population. (3) Based on a literature review on the mental health of Aboriginal people, most studies determine prevalence of mood disorder through health service utilization data, and those data are flawed because many Aboriginal people do not seek professional treatment. The authors conclude there have only been two epidemiological studies reviewing psychiatric prevalence rates among Aboriginal people in Canada, and neither of these two studies included youth. (4) Additionally, both studies used brief, non-validated measures and, as such, the results can only be interpreted as crude estimates of general distress.