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(转贴)加人对精神病者苛刻
加拿大医学会(Canadian Medical Association)周一公布年度医护成绩单,指出加拿人对精神病患者的态度令人担忧。接近一半的受访加拿大人说,人们会用精神病一词做借口,掩饰自己的恶劣行为;4人有1人害怕身边有严重精神病患者。 2008年的调查发现,66%的人给整体的医疗保健系统打A和B级分数,人数比前一年的62%多。 加拿大医学会第8年度医疗护理全国成绩单(National Report Card on Health Care)分析加拿大人的想法,了解他们对医疗保健系统的态度和体验。医学会主席戴布赖恩医生(Dr. BrianDay)在新闻稿中说:“今年的成绩单反映加拿大人对精神病问题的苛刻态度。” 调查发现,近半数(46%)加拿大人认为,人们会用精神病一词解释自己的恶劣行为。27%的人说,他们害怕与严重精神病患者相处。半数加拿大人会告诉朋友或同事,家中有人患精神病。72%的人会说家人患癌症,68%的受访者会说家中有人患糖尿病。 大部分的加拿大人(61%)不会看有精神病病历的家庭医生;58%的人害怕聘用患精神病的律师﹑托儿工作者或财务顾问。 调查也发现,少于半数的受访者相信,瘾癖是一种精神病。5人只有1人愿意和瘾君子和酗酒者交往,不足5%的人会聘用瘾君子和酗酒者。大约60%的加拿大人认为,精神病的诊断和治疗拨款不足;72%的人相信精神病护理拨款应与癌症和糖尿病护理费均等。 |
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Aug 24th, 2008, 19:50 | 只看该作者 #4 |
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Original, CMA: Stigma attached to mental illness a "national embarrassment"
Stigma attached to mental illness a "national embarrassment": CMA By Patrick Sullivan The stigma attached to mental illness is so pervasive it can affect almost all aspects of Canadians' lives, from the people they marry to the workers they hire, a new poll conducted for the CMA indicates. "The results don't paint a very flattering picture," CMA President Brian Day said of poll, which was part of the CMA's 2008 National Report Card on the state of Canada's health care system. "When only 50% of us would tell a friend that a family member has a mental illness while 72% would disclose a cancer diagnosis, there's something seriously wrong. "We are looking at the final frontier of socially acceptable discrimination," he added. "It's a national embarrassment." The mental health results, from an Ipsos Reid online survey of 2,024 Canadian adults, have a margin of error of ± 2.2%. The survey was conducted prior to the CMA's Aug. 18-20 annual meeting in Montreal, where mental health issues took centre stage. Other findings included: - almost half of Canadians (46%) think the term "mental illness" is used as an excuse for bad behaviour; - a solid majority of Canadians would not have a family doctor (61%) or hire a lawyer (58%) who has a mental illness; - 55% would not marry someone who has a mental illness; -27% of respondents are fearful of being around people experiencing serious mental illness; -15% of respondents had themselves received a previous diagnosis of clinical depression, the most common mental illness. Despite their generally negative attitudes, almost three-quarters of respondents (72%) agreed that funding to treat mental illness should be on a par with funding for physical illnesses such as cancer. The Ipsos Reid overview of the results (www.cma.ca) concluded: "In the view of most Canadians, mental health is not given the priority it ought to have within the health care system." The report card also tackled the issue of general access to health care, as it has every year since 2001, and found a slight improvement: 66% of respondents gave the system a rating of A or B, compared with 62% last year. When it comes to government performance, the provinces enjoyed a better result than their federal counterpart. They received an A or B grade from 40% of respondents, up from 35% last year. The federal government score of 34% was 1% higher than in 2007. Respondents with a family physician were much more likely to give an A grade (26%) than those without one (9%). The results concerning access were compiled from a telephone survey of 1,002 Canadian adults, and have a margin of error of ± 3.2%. |
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