Medscape March 7, 2025
A program aimed at improving access to mental health services for children and adolescents in Canada has shown substantial gains, a new study revealed.
The program, ACCESS Open Minds (ACCESS-OM), is based on five principles: Early identification, rapid access, appropriate care, no age-based transitions from 11 to 25 years, and youth and family engagement. The principles are flexible by design so that the program can be tailored to local factors. The program helped transform services at urban, rural, and Indigenous sites where it has been rolled out in Canada.
The findings were published online on February 26 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Measures of Success
The cohort study, which was led by Srividya N. Iyer, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Youth, Mental...
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