Table 1 Child mental health profiles and matched mental health online resources
Profile | Profile Description | Mental Health Resource | Resource Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Average Symptoms | Characterized by average scores on all mental health symptoms, with slightly above average scores on inattention and hyperactivity. | Online Resources | High-quality, age-appropriate online resources from reputable institutions regarding factors important for good Mental Health (e.g. sufficient and regular sleep, physical activity, positive interpersonal interactions) and practical strategies for optimizing these for families. |
Low Symptoms | Characterized by average scores on depression and anxiety and below average scores on irritability, inattention, and hyperactivity. | ||
Internalizing | Characterized mostly by above average scores on depression, and slightly above average scores for, in descending order, anxiety, irritability, inattention, and hyperactivity. Although anxiety was not above average relative to the other symptoms, it was useful to cluster depression and anxiety together due to their high comorbidity rate and shared internalizing characteristics. | Online Modified CBT Program | Shortened online CBT program offered through the tertiary care children’s hospital in Toronto. Led by child psychologists trained in CBT. |
Externalizing | Characterized by above average scores on inattention and hyperactivity, with above average depression, average anxiety, and slightly above average irritability scores. | Parenting Intervention (ages 6–9 years) | Parenting Intervention: Online “stepped” program at the tertiary care children’s hospital in Toronto, offering three stages of care for parents with children ages 6–9 and children with NDD diagnosis. Led by psychologists. |
Coping Power (ages 10–12 years) | |||
High Symptoms | Characterized by above average scores on all mental health symptom domains. | Parenting Intervention (ages 6–9 years) | Coping Power: Online individual and parent behavior management program offered at a large psychiatric hospital in Toronto for children and parents ages 10–12 years. |
Coping Power (ages 10–12 years) |