Mental Illness Affects Millions

One in five Canadian adults (about six million) will develop a mental illness at some time in their life. These illnesses will also affect millions of others - family members, friends, and colleagues. Mental health challenge can be found in adults from all walks of life. No one is immune. A mental illness is not caused by a single feature or event. Many factors, when combined, can result in the development of mental illness.

Physical factors:
• balances between different systems in your body
• birth trauma
• imbalanced brain chemistry.

Psychological factors:
• disruptions of thought or emotional breakdown
• lack of support from families and friends
• family violence and abuse.

Social factors:
• stress from events in your life
• major changes in routine
• unemployment or loss of income.

Trellis Can Help

Dealing with mental illness can be very stressful. Many families will try to manage the problem on their own, but
help is available. Trellis helps overcome the social stigma that may be attached to mental illness.

Trellis services for adults can:
• help you and your family learn more about mental illnesses
• assess your mental fitness
• provide treatment from a team of professionals and community partners
• create and implement a treatment plan for you
• provide individual and group counselling and treatment
• help you find legal representation and advice about mental illness