加拿大的心理健康状况的护理障碍
Monnica T Williams1,2, Muna Osman1, Aidan Kaplan1
1School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
PLOS mental health
|February 9, 2026
概括
许多加拿大人面临着获得心理健康护理的重大障碍,特别是创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和抑郁症. 原住民和黑人加拿大人报告了更大的困难,强调了改善接入和提供者多样性的迫切需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
背景情况:
- 越来越多的担忧存在于加拿大获得高质量的心理健康护理.
- COVID-19 流行病加剧了现有的挑战,不成比例地影响了某些人口.
- 了解具体障碍对于改善心理健康服务提供至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定加拿大最重要的进入障碍的心理健康状况.
- 检查基于种族和种族的心理健康护理获取差异.
- 提供关于心理健康护理的感知障碍的定量数据.
主要方法:
- 利用由安格斯·里德研究所调查的1501名加拿大成年人的全国代表性样本.
- 分析了寻求心理健康护理的受访者的数据,重点关注特定的情况.
- 检查了各种心理健康状况的访问困难,包括PTSD,抑郁症,ADHD,强迫症,物质使用障碍和GAD.
主要成果:
- 超过一半的寻求心理健康护理的受访者遇到了挑战.
- 创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和抑郁症是最常被引用的困难 (34%和33%).
- 注意缺陷多动症 (ADHD),强迫症 (OCD),物质使用障碍和通用焦虑症 (GAD) 是获得治疗的最大挑战.
- 原住民和黑人加拿大人在多种疾病中获得护理的困难明显增加.
结论:
- 在加拿大,对获得心理健康护理的重要障碍仍然存在.
- 在获得护理方面,种族和民族差异是显而易见的,特别是对于土著和黑人加拿大人来说.
- 迫切需要增加心理健康提供者的供应和多样性,以解决这些获取差距.
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