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Commonly contacted mental health providers among Canadian First Nations youth 2015-16

Percentage of Canadian First Nations youth that contacted select providers or people to discuss their mental or emotional health as of 2015-2016

The data displays the percentage of Canadian First Nations youth that had selected specific contacts that they would talk to about their emotional and mental health as of 2015-2016. According to the data, 39.1% of youth would talk to their parents about their mental health.

Parents	39.1
Friend	33.5
Immediate family	18.3
Other family member	13.7
Mental health	4.8
Social worker	3.1
Traditional healer	2.1
Other	1.9
Family doctor	1.1
Crisis line worker	1
Nurse	0.7

Commonly contacted mental health providers among Canadian First Nations youth 2015-16

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