Table 2. MyHEARTSMAP-generated mental health resource and social support recommendations for assessments completed by youths and guardians.
Domain | Triggered recommendation* | Total (N = 424) |
---|---|---|
Psychiatry | No recommendations (no identified needs)—N (%) | 61 (14.4) |
No new recommendations (all needs being addressed)–N (%) | 52 (12.3) | |
Consider CYMH–N (%)+ | 312 (73.6) | |
Recommend CYMH–N (%) | 7 (1.7) | |
Severe/Crisis response–N (%) | 19 (4.5) | |
Social | No recommendations (no identified needs)–N (%) | 397 (93.6) |
Consider MCFD or family counselling# - N (%) | 27 (6.4) | |
Youth Health | No recommendations (no identified needs)–N (%) | 388 (91.5) |
Consider primary care physician, pediatrician, Foundry, or Sex Sense–N (%) | 34 (8.0) | |
Recommending primary care physician, pediatrician, Foundry, Sex Sense, or alcohol and substance counselling–N (%) | 16 (3.8) |
*No recommendations (no identified needs) indicate youth with low severity of concerns.
No new recommendations (all needs being addressed) indicate youth whose psychosocial concerns would trigger recommendations, but already having resources in place.
+CYMH–Child and Youth Mental Health services#MCFD—Ministry of Children and Family Development
Note that more than one recommendation might be triggered within a domain. All triggered recommendations were reported, with duplicate identical recommendations removed, so total domain recommendations exceed 100%.