Delayed access to mental health services for children and adolescents has been linked to an increased risk of harm and nonattendance to scheduled appointments. While studies suggest that the lack of standardized assessments for prioritizing individuals has contributed to long wait times, the inconsistent use of assessments across service sectors in Ontario continues to persist. This has contributed to a paucity of information surrounding which children and adolescents may require urgent mental health services. Using a large secondary data set, this study examined whether service sector (e.g., school), and other individual client characteristics (e.g., age, sex, legal guardianship, interpersonal and school conflict) predicted greater mental health service urgency in 61,448 children and adolescents assessed using the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health Screener. Binary logistic regression revealed that all predictors, except for sector, showed a significant effect on service urgency. Findings are instrumental in prioritization, reducing the likelihood that children with acute needs remain on waitlists.

儿童和青少年无法获得心理健康服务的原因与伤害和不按计划赴任有关的风险增加有关。虽然研究表明缺乏标准化的评估来优先考虑个人，这导致漫长的等待时间，但安大略省各服务部门对评估的使用不一致仍在继续。这导致缺乏足够的信息来说明哪些儿童和青少年可能需要紧急的精神保健服务。本研究使用大量的二手数据集，研究了服务部门（例如学校）和其他个人客户特征（例如年龄，性别，法定监护权，人际关系和学校冲突）是否预示了61岁儿童心理健康服务的紧迫性，使用interRAI儿童和青少年心理健康筛查仪对448名儿童和青少年进行了评估。二进制逻辑回归表明，除部门以外，所有预测因素均对服务紧迫性产生显着影响。研究结果有助于确定优先次序，从而降低了急需儿童留在候补名单上的可能性。