Mental Health Service Use Among Children and Youth in Ontario: Population-Based Trends Over Time.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Little is known about mental health service use among Canadian children and youth. Our objective was to examine temporal trends in mental health service use across different sectors of the health care system among children and youth living in Ontario.

Methods

We conducted a population-based, repeated annual cross-sectional study of mental health service use, including mental health- and addictions-related emergency department (ED) visits, psychiatric hospitalizations, and mental health-related outpatient physician visits using linked health administrative databases. Subjects included Ontario residents between 10 and 24 years of age. We tested temporal trends between 2006 and 2011 using linear regression models.

Results

Between 2006 and 2011, the relative inc

SUBMITTER: Gandhi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4784237 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature