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Advancing Youth Mental Health is an interdisciplinary research team at the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University. Our research focuses on improving child and youth mental health and increasing access to effective mental health care for all.
Welcome to the Advancing Youth Mental Health (AYM) webpage. As members of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and the Offord Centre for Child Studies, our team is dedicated to conducting high-quality child and youth mental health research that informs policy and practice to benefit children, youth and families.
The AYM team’s research focuses on population-based studies of child and youth mental health and access to care. To learn more, refer to our studies page for current and completed projects.
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Offord Centre for Child Studies ➚
How this Offord Postdoctoral Fellow is Looking to Improve Mental Health Services in Ontario Schools
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November 26, 2024
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August 1, 2023
McMaster Community-based Research Project Using Art to Share Findings about Refugee Mental Health
Thriving Together
June 1, 2023
Royal Society of Canada ➚
Data Gaps Are Fueling Canada’s Children’s Mental Health Crisis, During COVID-19 and Beyond
CHSCY
February 22, 2021
The Globe and Mail ➚
Data Gaps Are Fueling Canada’s Children’s Mental Health Crisis, During COVID-19 and Beyond
CHSCY
February 22, 2021
CBC News ➚
How to get kids ready to wear masks at school and support their mental health: CBC Asks
CHSCY
August 27, 2020
Hamilton Spectator ➚
One-third of Ontario kids get the mental health care they need concludes Offord Centre study
OCHS
March 2, 2020
Hamilton Spectator ➚
No one oversees children's mental health in Ontario warn McMaster University researchers
OCHS
March 2, 2020
CBC News ➚
Study finds one in five Ontario children have mental health problems, same as 30 years ago
OCHS
April 18, 2019
Hamilton Health Sciences ➚
Hamilton researchers find one in five children have a mental health disorder
OCHS
April 17, 2019