Research Article

Mental Health Services Use Predicted by Number of Mental Health Problems and Gender in a Total Population Study

Table 3

Unidentified children, percent of referred children scoring above 95th percentile ≥2 and ≥4 problem areas, mean and median number of problem areas above 95th percentile. Information based on teacher information only (lacking sleep and eating problems) ( ).

ServiceNumber of children% Children with ≥2 problems% Children with ≥4 problemsMean number of problemsMedian number of problems

CAMH 80%59%4.44
SPS 72%49%3.63
Physician/nurse 66%38%3.13
School support 53%31%2.52
No services 8.6%2.2%0.40