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60% of Indigenous people say mental health is worse due to COVID-19: survey

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a new survey by Statistics Canada focuses on the mental health of Indigenous people ⁠— and it’s clear the impact of COVID-19 has been severe.Sixty per cent of Indigenous people say their mental health has worsened since the onset of physical distancing measures.

Forty-six per cent of Indigenous women and 32 per cent of Indigenous men describe most of their days as “quite a bit stressful” or “extremely stressful.”Forty-eight per cent of Indigenous women and 31 per cent of Indigenous men reported symptoms consistent with generalized anxiety disorder.For reference, 16 per cent of Indigenous people reported fair or poor mental health prior to the pandemic in the 2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.The online questionnaire was completed by.

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