Mental Health: Ontario Child Health Study

Ontario Child Health Study: The Ontario Child Health Study was co-authored by the late Dr. Dan Offord in 1983 and found that one in five children has some type of mental health problem. It was the first time that one in five figure had been determined with such comprehensive data, according to CBC. It also established Canada as a world leader in the study of child health and development and confirmed Hamiltons place among those experts who were working to pull theissue of children's mental health out from the shadows. Mike Boyle, lead investigator, professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences at McMaster UniversitY Courtesy of McMaster University A Hamilton study that became the gold standard globally for measuring childrens mental health is being updated and will once again be lead by Hamilton experts. The study involved 3,294 children ages 4 to 16 from 1,869 families across Ontario. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.