by Karen Leiva | Mar 2, 2022 | #kidscantwait, Homepage, Uncategorized
The pandemic has pushed demand for children and youth mental health services through the roof in Ontario. Even before COVID-19, kids struggled to get access to timely care for mental health issues. Today, child and youth mental health centres are overwhelmed by the...
by Karen Leiva | Mar 1, 2022 | #kidscantwait, Homepage, Uncategorized
Last year, Toronto mother, Lianne, noticed her 15-year-old daughter, Hadley, was hardly eating. Ever since the pandemic had cut her off from friends at school and karate class, the teen had become increasingly focused inward on her appearance. Lianne took Hadley for a...
by Karen Leiva | Jan 21, 2022 | #kidscantwait, Homepage, School, Uncategorized
Ontario schools have reopened, but the kids—and their mental health–are still in crisis. While in-person learning is critical to a young person’s development, reopening schools does not magically solve the long-standing problems in kids’ mental health care. Children...
by Jody Jeffrey | Aug 31, 2022 | News
TORONTO, August 31, 2022 – CMHO remains committed to addressing systemic barriers and racism within Ontario’s child and youth mental health (CYMH) system. Towards this end, we will continue to publicly track our progress towards the commitments that we made in 2020...
by Taryn Welch | Apr 29, 2022 | News
TORONTO, April 28, 2022 – While we are pleased to see that the Ontario government continues to recognize the importance of mental health care as part of its commitment to the 10-year Roadmap to Wellness, including some funding dedicated to kids, we are disappointed...
