Academic Publications
Academic Publications
Child and Youth Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Evidence-Based Interventions
June 17th, 2014Child and Youth Mental Disorders: Prevalence and Evidence-Based Interventions is a report that was prepared for the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development. It provides the latest research evidence on the prevalence of mental disorders in children and youth along with estimates of the number affected in BC and Canada. It also presents the latest research evidence on effective prevention and treatment interventions and makes recommendations for new public investments needed to improve child and youth mental health.
Charlotte Waddell, the lead author of the report and the Director of the Children’s Health Policy Centre, presented this evidence to BC’s Legislative Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth on June 11, 2014.
Creating Comprehensive Children’s Mental Health Indicators for British Columbia
April 15th, 2013Charlotte Waddell, Cody Shepherd, Alice Chen, and Michael Boyle. (2013, April). Creating comprehensive children’s mental health indicators for British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health.
Home Visitation in the Prevention of Child Maltreatment: An Evidence-Based Overview
September 15th, 2012H. MacMillan and C. Waddell. (2012). Home visitation in the prevention of child maltreatment: An evidence-based overview. World Perspectives on Child Abuse, 10, 103–106.
Knowledge Translation in Mental Health: From Epidemiology to Policy
May 1st, 2010Goering, P., Waddell, C. (2010). Knowledge translation in mental health: From epidemiology to policy. In Cairney, J., Streiner, D. (Editors), Mental disorder in Canada: An epidemiological perspective (pp. 431–447). Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
Creating Mentally Healthy Communities, Starting with Children
December 11th, 2008Charlotte Waddell, Cody Shepherd, and George McLauchlin. (2008). Creating mentally healthy communities, starting with children. In Mentally healthy communities: A collection of papers (pp. 45–58). Ottawa, ON: Canadian Institute for Health Information.