Study finds unacceptable mental health service shortfalls for children in high-income countries
Most children with a mental health disorder are not receiving services to address their needs according to a new study from researchers at Simon Fraser University s Children s Health Policy Centre. Their research was published this week in the journal
Evidence-Based Mental Health.
Researchers found that of the one in eight children (12.7 per cent) who experience a mental disorder, less than half (44.2 per cent) receive any services for these conditions.
We have illuminated an invisible crisis in children s mental health and unacceptable service shortfalls in high-income countries including in Canada to a degree that violates children s rights.
Child mental health services lacking in high-income countries: SFU study finds
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Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates calls for significant mental health planning and investment for young people now and after pandemic on National Child and Youth Mental Health Day Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) COVID-19 is having major mental health consequences for children and youth across Canada and will have a lasting – and potentially devastating impact - if governments do not act now, say members of the Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates (CCCYA).
“This pandemic is more than a physical health crisis. What we are now seeing is that, for child and youth mental health, COVID-19 is a critical situation in the making,” said CCCYA President and Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth, Dr. Lisa Broda. “This is alarming as pre-pandemic public investment in mental health was already painfully inadequate, so without significan