The CACAP Education Committee is hosting an online debate on Thursday, September 21, 2023 entitled "Virtual care versus in-person care post COVID-19 ...read more
The 43rd annual CACAP Conference wraps up today in Calgary and we look forward to next year's conference taking place in September 2024 in ...read more
CACAP will be hosting an online debate on the topic of "Virtual care versus in-person care post COVID-19 pandemic" on September 21, 2023 from 12:00-1:30 PM Eastern Standard Time. CACAP members are encouraged to mark their calendars for this exciting ...read more
An article in the May 2023 issue of the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JCACAP) reports on a study investigating the use of mental health services among youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact on the presence of a mental health diagnosis on this service ...read more
Last month, the Senate of Canada passed Bill S-210, the Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act to the House of Commons. Supported by CACAP, this bill is designed to prevent children from accessing online pornographic ...read more
CACAP has endorsed a Position Statement published by the Canadian Paediatric Society last week on promoting optimal mental health outcomes for children and ...read more
The Recommended Academic Reading portion of the February 2023 issue of the Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JCACAP) highlights recommended reading on the subject of ...read more
The CACAP Advocacy Committee recently authored 2 new Position Statements. The first statement emphasizes the importance of stopping the deportation of parents of Canadian children, and the second statement focuses on the current situation in ...read more
NOSM University's Psychiatry Postgraduate Program is celebrating the acceptance of one of its residents, Dr. Joshua Lee, into the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Subspecialty Program at the University of British ...read more
The Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JCACAP) is seeking nature-themed photographs from readers, including but not limited to child and adolescent psychiatrists, for publication in a future journal issue under the Arts, Literature, and Nature ...read more
Last month, Dr. Polina Anang (Prairies Representative on the CACAP Board of Directors) served as a witness for the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology as part of the Study on the Federal Framework for Suicide ...read more
The AACAP/CACAP 2022 Annual Meeting wrapped up in Toronto after a highly successful 6-day conference. Next year's CACAP Annual Meeting will be held in Calgary from September 10-12, ...read more
The AACAP/CACAP 2022 Annual Meeting will kick off on October 17, 2022 in Toronto! For those already registered, pre-recorded lectures for all eight Institutes are ready to watch. To access this material and for more information about the Annual Meeting, please visit the conference ...read more
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Collaborative started to operate in 2016. This is a collaboration between the local primary care network (PCN), physician group, Alberta Health Services (AHS), school board, the town and municipal district (MD) of Bonnyville. A local Nurse Practitioner (NP), Chantal Vallee, had a vision and was the champion of this collaborative. Now under ...read more
In this regional news piece, Dre Taline Bedrossian and Dre Paola Habib (Québec Representatives on the CACAP Board of Directors) summarize a recently-developed "action plan" from the Association des Médecins Psychiatres du Québec ...read more
Last month, CACAP President Dr. Claire De Souza released "A Call to Action in Support of Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada." In this Call to Action, Dr. De Souza highlights the high need for effective mental health treatment for children and youth, noting that stigma around mental illness remains problematic and that the COVID-19 pandemic has had significant ...read more
In this latest regional news piece, Dr. Polina Anang (Prairies Region Representative on the CACAP Board of Directors) shares her views on recent literature by Indigenous authors that carries relevance to the practice of ...read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) have declared a national emergency in child and adolescent mental health. This declaration acknowledges a variety of factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic, that have contributed to a trend of worsening mental health for children and adolescents. The full declaration ...read more
Dr. Roberto Sassi has been appointed as Head of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) in the University of British Columbia Department of ...read more
As Canada prepares for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2021, CACAP has released a statement to mark "September 30th not only as a first National Statutory Day dedicated to cultural genocide but also as a renewal of our professional mandate to be allies for thoughtful partnerships shaping our work and care to the unique needs of ...read more
The unfortunate incident of a death by suicide of a New Brunswick teenager has been one of the catalysts for a recent announcement by the Health Minister, Dorothy Shephard, of a plan to implement 21 recommended changes to the provision of mental health ...read more
In the aftermath of unsettling recent events in Kamloops, British Columbia and London, Ontario, CACAP's Advocacy Committee has authored 2 new Position ...read more
The Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry recognizes the significant impact the COVID pandemic has had on Child and Adolescent mental ...read more
Children and youth mental health in Northwestern Ontario received wonderful news in March when the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care announced funding for hiring of up to six full-time child psychiatrists for the region. This funding pairs with previous funding for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Services (CAPS) with expanded allied mental health professionals announced last year to establish the Child & Adolescent Multidisciplinary Psychiatry Services (CHAMPS) Program. ...read more
The Manitoba Government has provided new funding for psychiatric telehealth services, involving psychiatrists from Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre (HSC) Mental Health Program and the Manitoba Adolescent Treatment Centre ...read more
As members of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CACAP), we are joining in solidarity with the global Black Lives Matter movement, vividly represented in the cruel death of George Floyd, to voice our commitment to address structural oppression and racism as a major and largely invisible public health ...read more
The annual Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Community of Practice meeting was held in Vancouver on March 6, 2020. This was attended about 75 physicians including Child Psychiatrists, Pediatricians, Family Doctors and Emergency Room Doctors, along with the President of the Doctors of BC, various government leaders including senior analysts from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of ...read more
A decision has been made to move the location of the proposed provincial Youth Mental Health Centre from Campbellton to Moncton. This change in plans followed an Ombud report and calls to the government to reconsider its plan to site the facility in the Northern New Brunswick ...read more
Registration for the 40th Annual CACAP Conference will open in spring 2020. Here is a summary from the 39th annual conference which was held in Quebec City in September 2019. For more information on the 2020 annual conference, please visit: ...read more
The need for treatment of children and adolescents with mental disorders is rising, as 75% of children and youth with mental disorders do not have access to services to address their mental health needs. Lengthy wait times for psychiatric services create a barrier to access. Primary care providers, while in a position to address the mental health needs of their ...read more
The Manitoba government says it will spend $2.94 million over the next three years on services to improve mental health and addictions programming for ...read more
Canadian Research and Education for the Advancement of Child Health (CanREACH) is dedicated to developing literacy in pediatric mental health for primary care providers. This program is developed and licensed by The REACH Institute. CanREACH uses evidence based adult education delivery to teach child and youth mental health treatment to learners over a six month ...read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) published new guidelines this spring regarding physical activity and sleep for children under 5 years old.
They looked at the impact of lack of exercise and poor sleep on childhood obesity, mental health, and general wellbeing as well as long-term consequences of these poor lifestyle habits. They estimated that 80% of adolescents are not physically active ...read more
Improving mental health care is an issue that has been routinely acknowledged as a priority in the Canadian health care system, and recent commitments to strengthening mental health services have reinforced the need for investment. Unfortunately, the issues within health care provider human resources has not been addressed alongside these service investments. In particular, the understaffing of psychiatrists – medical ...read more