Use of mental health services by children and youth in Ontario military families compared with the general population: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Canada, more than 64 000 children are growing up with 1 or both parents in the military. We compared mental health service use by children and youth in military families versus the general population, to understand potential mental health service gaps.

Methods

This was a matched retrospective cohort study of children and youth (aged < 20 yr) of members of the Canadian Armed Forces posted to Ontario between Apr. 1, 2008, and Mar. 31, 2013, with follow-up to Mar. 31, 2017, using provincial administrative health data at ICES. We created a comparison group of children and youth in the general population, matched 4:1 by age, sex and geography. We compared the use and frequency of mental health-related physician visits, emergency department visits and hospital admiss

SUBMITTER: Mahar AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9259414 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature