Translation of "Antécédent familiaux de trouble mental " (French → English) :

FH - Mental disorder

Family history of mental and behavioural disorders

Thyroid disease

Family history of eye and ear disorders

Next, we must make screening and early treatment of mental illness among children and adolescents a priority, especially those with a family history of suicide.

But people who have gone through a lot of childhood adversity or who have a family history of mental illness and have a genetic loading for it are at the highest risk, generally, of mental illness if there's a stressor in their lives or a relationship loss.

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) how are suicides tracke ...[+++]d for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...

Still, there is very little risk of violence or harm to a stranger from casual contact with an individual who has a mental disorder and the overall contribution of mental disorders to the total level of violence in society is exceptionally small.[111] In this regard, Ms. Scheffer commented that, “as a predictor of violence, mental illness ranks far behind other risk factors like age, gender and history of violence or substance abuse”. [112]