Mental Health Problem and Mental Health Problems

mental health problems: Data released exclusively to Hamilton shows that Hamilton children who live in low income neighbourhoods can be so impacted by poverty-related stressors early in their lives that it can affect their ability to learn in school. , according to CBC. The data, when combined with a McMaster University study that shows children living in poverty suffer from more mental health problems, illustrates the often devastating impact poverty can have on a childs mental health and well being. Poverty can be a powerful predictor of a childs mental health. AND A child who lives in poverty is three times more likely to have a mental health problem . Reporter Denise Davy investigates why this happens and whats being done. Davys research was supported with a journalism fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. ONE - Why kids in poverty are at higher risk of developing mental health problems TWO - How Hamilton schools are helping students in lower income neighbourhoods Anxiety: Why so many children in poverty struggle with anxiety Children of war: Healing immigrant and refugee children Making Hamilton a better place to raise a child The data shows the rate of impacts in various developmental areas can be as much as 10 times higher in the citys low income neighbourhoods compared to it's most wealthy ones. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.