Informing Policy

In order to make wise and effective public policy decisions, decision makers need credible information that is based on reliable research evidence.

Produced in partnership with respected Ontario experts, the Centre’s policy papers are both timely and relevant. They reflect current and emerging issues relevant to child and youth mental health like poverty, violence and education, and can be used as a solid basis for effective decision-making.

Papers and briefs

(Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health)

Making mental health matter in 2014 and beyond: It all begins with children and youth

The Centre's submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.

(Davidson, Cappelli and Vloet)

We’ve got growing up to do: Transitioning youth from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services

(Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, The Canadian Association of Paediatric Health Centres, The National Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Consortium)

Access and wait times in child and youth mental health: A background paper

(Santor, Short and Ferguson, 2009)

Taking mental health to school: A policy-oriented paper on school-based mental health for Ontario

(Companion Paper)

Executive summary

Scanning the practice landscape in school-based mental health

(Boydell, Bullock and Goering, 2009)

Getting our acts together: Interagency collaborations in child and youth mental health

(Companion Paper)

Executive summary

(Blackstock, 2008)

Rooting mental health in an aboriginal world view: Inspired by Many Hands, One Dream

(Leschied, 2008)

The roots of violence: Evidence from the literature with emphasis on child and youth mental health disorder

(Companion Paper)

Executive summary

(Lipman and Boyle, 2008)

Linking poverty and mental health: A lifespan view

(Companion Paper)

Executive summary