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The mental health teams at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health (CCMH) have had a rapid advance into virtual care in response to COVID-19. [...] Read More
We know that as many as one in five children and youth in Ontario will experience a mental health problem and that five out of six of these kids will not receive treatment.* These numbers tell us that we need to think differently about how we deliver service. [...] Read More
Dr. Peter Szatmari, Chief, Child & Youth Mental Health Collaborative, SickKids, CAMH and University of Toronto, Chief of the Department of Psychiatry, SickKids, and Trustee, SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Board of Trustees, gives an assessment of the current state of mental health care for children and youth, and why we have reason to be optimistic. [...] Read More