Expert: Mental health care access in Canada
More than half of Canadian girls and young women ages 15 to 29 with a mental health or substance use disorder received formal supports in 2022, but many are deterred by wait times and cost, according to . The report highlights a need to improve care, especially for racialized youth, who were less likely to find the support helpful.
Srividya Iyer is a Professor in 91³Ô¹Ï’s Department of Psychiatry, a researcher at the Douglas Research Centre and the Canada Research Chair in Youth, Mental Health and Learning Health Systems.
Iyer can discuss barriers to mental health care and how services can be improved. She leads , a pan-Canadian project that addresses gaps in the system, especially for Indigenous, remote and underserved communities.
srividya.iyer [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
