Experts say mental illness does not necessarily cause creativity, nor does creativity necessarily contribute to mental illness, but a certain ruminating personality type may contribute to both mental health issues and art.
Alas, the matter of including mental illness in health insurance, and finding someone to foot the bill, is not so simple.
Ms Smith said the bill was an important part of the government's mental health strategy and would play its part in changing social attitudes towards mental illness.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, half of all cases of mental illness start by age 14, and about 11% of adolescents have a depressive disorder by age 18.
Studies in India show that lay health workers also help people to better accept mental illness and necessary treatments.
Several studies have also linked the drug to mental health problems, such as depression and schizophrenia, and respiratory illness.
The campaign also calls for closer co-operation between the police and health authorities in order to prevent individuals with a history of mental illness from accessing guns.
Psychiatrists usually expect suicide rates to increase in step with depression and other mental illness, but the study finds that thoughts of suicide among people with mental health problems actually decreased.
You've got to look at the mental, emotional and the spiritual aspects of human life to understand health and illness.
The projects, led by Grand Challenges Canada, will tackle issues that can lead to mental illness, such as alcohol and substance abuse, as well as delivering solutions like counselling and health promotion.
But Health Minister Earl Howe said it was unnecessary because "parity" between mental and physical illness was already set out as one of the overall requirements of the bill.
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