Mental health
Anxiety in children and youth: Part 1 - Diagnosis
Posted: Oct 20, 2022
Committee(s): Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee
Topic(s): mental health
Counselling adolescents and parents about cannabis: A primer for health professionals
Posted: Jun 4, 2020
Committee(s): Cannabis Project Advisory Group
Topic(s): risky behaviours, mental health, adolescent health
Relationships matter: How clinicians can support positive parenting in the early years
Posted: Jul 25, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Apr 30, 2025
Committee(s): Early Years Committee
Topic(s): community paediatrics, early child development, mental health, social paediatrics, sleep
Digital media: Promoting healthy screen use in school-aged children and adolescents
Posted: Jun 6, 2019 | Reaffirmed: Jul 4, 2025
Committee(s): Digital Health Task Force
Topic(s): adolescent health, community paediatrics, mental health
ADHD in children and youth: Part 3—Assessment and treatment with comorbid ASD, ID, or prematurity
Posted: Oct 24, 2018 | Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Committee(s): Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee
Topic(s): autism, adhd, developmental paediatrics, mental health, drug therapy, genetics
ADHD in children and youth: Part 1—Etiology, diagnosis, and comorbidity
Posted: Oct 24, 2018 | Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Committee(s): Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee
Topic(s): adhd, drug therapy, genetics, developmental paediatrics, mental health
Determining treatment goal weights for children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa
Posted: Apr 19, 2018 | Reaffirmed: Jan 11, 2024
Committee(s): Adolescent Health Committee
Topic(s): adolescent health, nutrition and gastroenterology, patient safety, prevention and anticipatory guidance, mental health
Caring for children and youth from Canadian military families: Special considerations
Posted: May 3, 2017 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Community Paediatrics Committee
Topic(s): child maltreatment, community paediatrics, family health, mental health, advocacy
Cannabis and Canada’s children and youth
Posted: May 3, 2017 | Reaffirmed: Jan 12, 2026
Committee(s): Adolescent Health Committee
Topic(s): adolescent health, hazardous substances, mental health, risky behaviours, advocacy
An update to the Greig Health Record: Preventive health care visits for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years – Technical report
Posted: Jun 6, 2016 | Reaffirmed: Mar 1, 2022
Committee(s): Community Paediatrics Committee
Topic(s): community paediatrics, healthy active living, immunization, injury prevention, mental health, nutrition and gastroenterology, oral health, risky behaviours, sexual health, social paediatrics, child maltreatment
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