Child Mental Health

• New Brunswick mother on the ‘horrifying’ situation of her 10-year-old’s mental illness

  Moncton mother pleads with the province to improve access to mental health care for children.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2021
  
• Calgary teen shares story of mental health challenges to raise money, help others

  "I want to be that guy that's out there helping kids be kids," 14 year old Hudson Brock on why he's publicly sharing his struggles with mental health.

  Features

  Sep 20, 2019
  
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• Hospitalizations for youth mental health concerns steady in Manitoba, says new data

  Manitoba has one of the lowest rates of hospitalization for youth mental health concerns in Canada, according to a new report.

  Health

  May 6, 2019
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• IWK ‘first contact’ for consults on Cape Breton children needing psychiatrist

  Cape Breton emergency doctors treating children and youth with mental illnesses will soon routinely make experts at Halifax's IWK children's hospital their first contact.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2017
• Report into B.C. teen’s in-care death calls for comprehensive youth mental health program

  The recommendation comes after a 17-year-old took his own life after a four month stay at the B.C. Children's Hospital.

  Health

  Oct 4, 2017
• Why Alberta child-care centres are talking mental health with preschoolers

  The province's Early Child Development Mapping Project collected data on more than 70,000 kindergarteners and found one in four were having trouble in social and emotional maturity.

  Education

  Jun 22, 2017
• Alberta invests $5M on child mental health

  The Alberta government is putting up $5 million to help children facing mental health crises.

  Health

  Feb 3, 2014