1. From Personal Experience to Scientific Research: My Life Pursuing Mental Health and Illness Issues Jeff Kelland BA, MSc November 28, 2012

4. “...and onwards in my journey, I’ve come to understand...” Bob Dylan Every Grain of Sand

8. “Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.” Bob Dylan Every Grain of Sand

12. Speaking up.......and giving back.

15. Birth of a Thesis...

16. The Research Question: 1) What proportion of research funded by CIHR, from its first year in 1999 to 2009, went to mental health and illness research (MHIR); 1) What proportion of research funded by CIHR, from its first year in 1999 to 2009, went to mental health and illness research (MHIR); 2)How much of this subset (MHIR) can be considered mental health vs. mental illness research; and 2)How much of this subset (MHIR) can be considered mental health vs. mental illness research; and 3) How much of this subset (MHIR) is neuroscientific vs. non-neuroscientific research? 3) How much of this subset (MHIR) is neuroscientific vs. non-neuroscientific research?

17. CIHR’s Total Budget vs. MHIR Total Budget with Proportional Percentages (1999-2009)

18. Graphic of CIHR’s Total Budget vs. MHIR Total Budget (1999-2009)

19. Number of Studies Funded per Research Objective at CIHR (1999 – 2009) Brain, Spinal Cord and/or CNSystem................2895 Brain, Spinal Cord and/or CNSystem................2895 Brain Bio/Chem/Pharm...................................2312 Brain Bio/Chem/Pharm...................................2312 Sight/Hearing/Speech......................................454 Sight/Hearing/Speech......................................454 Psychiatric Genetics.........................................293 Psychiatric Genetics.........................................293 Pain Management............................................256 Pain Management............................................256 Depression......................................................219 Depression......................................................219 Alzheimer’s.....................................................140 Alzheimer’s.....................................................140 Anxiety...........................................................105 Anxiety...........................................................105 Autism.............................................................76 Autism.............................................................76 Suicide.............................................................62 Suicide.............................................................62

20. Number of Studies Funded per Research Objective at CIHR (cont.) (1999 – 2009) Diabetes.........................................................45 Diabetes.........................................................45 ALS................................................................45 ALS................................................................45 Bipolar Disorder..............................................43 Bipolar Disorder..............................................43 Post-Traumatic Stress.....................................30 Post-Traumatic Stress.....................................30 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome...................................20 Fetal Alcohol Syndrome...................................20 Mood Disorders (as a group)............................16 Mood Disorders (as a group)............................16 Tourette’s Syndrome.........................................7 Tourette’s Syndrome.........................................7 Pedophilia.........................................................4 Pedophilia.........................................................4 Down Syndrome................................................2 Down Syndrome................................................2

21. Mental Health Research vs. Mental Illness Research: Funding Dollars with Proportional Percentage of Total MHIR (1999-2009)

22. Graphic of Mental Health Research vs. Mental Illness Research: Funding Dollars (1999-2009)

23. Second Graphic of Mental Health Research vs. Mental Illness Research: Funding Dollars (1999-2009)

24. Neuroscientific vs. Non-Neuroscientific MHIR: Funding Dollars with Proportional Percentage of Total MHIR (1999-2009)

25. Graphic of Neuroscientific vs. Non-Neuroscientific MHIR: Funding Dollars (1999-2009)

26. Number of Studies Funded per Research Objective at CIHR (1999 – 2009) Brain, Spinal Cord and/or CNSystem................2895 Brain, Spinal Cord and/or CNSystem................2895 Brain Bio/Chem/Pharm...................................2312 Brain Bio/Chem/Pharm...................................2312 Sight/Hearing/Speech......................................454 Sight/Hearing/Speech......................................454 Psychiatric Genetics.........................................293 Psychiatric Genetics.........................................293 Pain Management............................................256 Pain Management............................................256 Depression......................................................219 Depression......................................................219 Alzheimer’s.....................................................140 Alzheimer’s.....................................................140 Anxiety...........................................................105 Anxiety...........................................................105 Autism.............................................................76 Autism.............................................................76 Suicide.............................................................62 Suicide.............................................................62

27. Challenges…

31. Raw Data Sets

32. Working Copy of Data Sets

33. From Personal Experience to Scientific Research: My Life Pursuing Mental Health and Illness Issues Jeff Kelland BA, MSc November 28, 2012 logost.jeff@gmail.com