The Mental Health Commission of Canada highlighted National Child and Youth Mental
Health Day, participating in a national conversation on mental health issues. May 7, 2011 Vancouver - with a cross-Canada dialogue. Read more

One-in-five Canadian children suffers from a mental illness severe enough to impair their ability to function. Finding the right services and resources to help can be a challenge. 

TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2011 /CNW/ - More than half of Canadian parents (57 per cent) are concerned about the mental health of their children and most will simply monitor behaviours that can actually be early indicators of problems, rather than seek advice or treatment, according to a new RBC-Today's Parent survey of more than 2,500 Canadian parents on children's mental health.

The survey also showed a lack of awareness about children's mental health overall. More than two-thirds of parents (68 per cent) thought that attention deficit disorder is the most common children's mental health issue. In fact, anxiety is the most common mental health problem facing children and youth in Canada, followed by conduct disorders and attention deficit disorders. Read more