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Innovations in mental health promotion: Youth Net/Réseau Ado
Ian G Manion1, Simon Davidson1, Christina Norris1
1Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Department of Psychiatry and School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.
Abstract:
Today's youth are at a disturbingly high risk for mental health and illness problems and are largely dissatisfied with the existing mental health services. Youth Net/Réseau Ado (YN/RA), supported by input from mental health professionals, is a bilingual mental health promotion program that seeks out the opinions and attitudes of youth regarding mental health and illness issues, while connecting them with appropriate resources and mental health services. This paper describes the Youth Net/Réseau Ado program and provides some guidelines for the identification of mental health and illness problems, including indicators of the risk of suicide.