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      - dual continuum model helps explain the relationship between mental health and mental illness, as two separate but interconnected concepts.
        
        Mental health concerns often begin early
        
        About 70% of mental health and substance use concerns begin in childhood or adolescence.
        
        In Ontario, approximately one in five students aged four to 17 meets criteria for a mental illness.
        
        The most common concerns for children and youth include:
        
        anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder) mood disorders (major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, bipolar disorder) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
        
        behaviour-related disorders (conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder)
      - Community and school-based supports matter
        
        More young people are now seeking mental health support in community settings rather than hospitals.
        
        According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 74% of children and youth with early mental health needs accessed at least one community mental health or substance use service in 2024, up from 61% in 2022.
        
        In Ontario, schools are the most common first point of contact for students with mental health concerns:
        
        Approximately 40 to 45% of children and youth who receive mental health services access them in school-based settings, compared with about 25-30% who receive services through community mental health agencies.
        
        Between 2020 and 2021, 115,890 Ontario students received school-based mental health services.
        
        https://smho-smso.ca/about-school-mental-health-in-ontario/about-child-and-youth-mental-health-in-ontario/#student-mental-health-at-a-glance
    - - https://smho-smso.ca/updated-leading-mentally-healthy-schools-resources-now-available/
      - Leading Mentally Healthy Schools is aligned with Policy/Program Memorandum 169 and the requirement for school boards to provide culturally responsive, evidence-informed student mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention services within the broader system of care.
    - - https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/54107/mental-health-supports-in-ontario-schools
    - - Data related to children and youth indicates:
        
        Approximately 70% of mental health and addiction issues begin in childhood and adolescence.
        
        https://smho-smso.ca/about-school-mental-health-in-ontario/about-child-and-youth-mental-health-in-ontario/
        
        18-22% of students in Ontario, or approximately one in five students aged four to 17, meet the criteria for a mental illness.
        
        The most common forms of mental health problems for children and youth relate to disorders of:
        
        attention
        
        anxiety
        
        mood
        
        behaviour
        
        Early identification and early intervention helps to improve outcomes for young people.
        
        Schools have been identified as a key setting for mental health promotion, early identification, prevention and early intervention services, and are the first place many young people go for mental health go for mental health support.
        
        For more information, see Student mental health at a glance.