Prevalence of Mental Disorders and Associated Service Variables Among Ontario Children Who Are Permanent Wards From: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: Burge, Philip | Copyright Canadian Psychiatric Association May 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Objective: To identify the prevalence rate of mental disorders among Ontario children who are permanent wards and also the key practice and descriptive variables associated with their diagnostic status.

Method: I reviewed case files from a stratified random sample of 429 Ontario children who were permanent wards with no access to biological parents on December 31, 2003. Data abstracted from files included information on descriptive variables (such as age, sex, and type of permanent war...

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