Thrive Week 2020 is November 2-November 6
Thrive is a week-long series of events focused on
building positive mental health for students, faculty, and staff.
You Can THRIVE at Queen’s University
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The Statistics
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Canadians will personally experience a mental illness in their lifetime (2015, CMHA)
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(6.6 million) of Canadians aged 15 and older reported that most days were ‘quite a bit’ or ‘extremely stressful’ (2013, Stats Canada)
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of people with depression recover and early intervention leads to higher incidence of recovery (2015, CMHA)
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of college students have “seriously considered suicide” during the past year. (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
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of people suffer in silence fearing judgment and rejection. (Canadian Medical Association)
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of Canadians think people use the term mental illness as an excuse for bad behavior, and 27% say they would be fearful of being around someone who suffers from serious mental illness. (CAMH)
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of students living with a mental health condition experienced a mental health crisis on campus. Yet, 34.2 percent reported that their college did not know about their crisis (National Alliance on Mental Illness)