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Exploring the Presenting Problems and Services Received by Youth with Diverse Mental Health Presentations in Integrated Youth Mental Health Services Across Canada

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Authors

Sarah Mughal

sarah.mughal@mail.mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Alba Sanchez-Allakhverdieva

alba.sanchez-allakhverdieva@mail.mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Amal Abdel-Baki

amalbaki@hotmail.com

ACCESS Open Minds; Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec; Dans La Rue and Réseau d’intervention de proximité auprès des jeunes de la rue-Montréal/Homeless Youth Network, Montréal, Québec; Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec; Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

Neil Andersson

neil.andersson@mcgill.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; Department of Family Medicine, Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies Institute and Participatory Research at McGill (PRAM), McGill University, Montréal, Québec; McGill University Institute for Human Development and Well-being, Montréal, Québec

Patricia Boksa

patricia.boksa@mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds

Daphne Hutt-Macleod

Daphne.Hutt-Macleod@iwk.nshealth.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; ACCESS Open Minds Eskasoni First Nation, Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia; Now with Nova Scotia Integrated Youth Services Initiative, Nova Scotia

Ridha Joober

ridha.joober@douglas.mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Shalini Lal

shalini.lal@umontreal.ca

Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec; School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CA; Now with Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Jessica Chisholm-Nelson

jessica.chisholmnelson.comtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds

Nora Morrison

nora.morrison@mail.mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec

Alyssa Frampton

alyssa.frampton.comtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; ACCESS Open Minds Youth Council, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Mary Anne Levasseur

maryanne.levasseur@gmail.com

ACCESS Open Minds; ACCESS Open Minds Family and Carers Council, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Lacey Augustine

lacey.augustine@ehwc.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; Elsipogtog Health and Wellness Centre and ACCESS Open Minds New Brunswick, Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick

Kevin Friese

friese@ualberta.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; ACCESS Open Minds University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Office of the Dean of Students, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Isabelle Godin

isabellegodin@nb.aibn.com

ACCESS Open Minds; ACCESS Open Minds-Esprits ouverts New Brunswick, Acadian Peninsula, Moncton, New Brunswick; Centre de Bénévolat de la Péninsule Acadienne, New Brunswick

Katherine Hay

katherine.hay@mykickstand.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; Now with Kickstand Integrated Youth Services Initiative, Alberta; ACCESS Open Minds Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta

Norma Rabbitskin

nrabbitskin@slhc.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; Now with Big River Health Centre, Saskatchewan; Sturgeon Lake Health Centre, Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan; ACCESS Open Minds Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan

Paula Reaume-Zimmer

PReaumeZimmer@bluewaterhealth.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; Now with Bluewater Health, Sarnia, Ontario; ACCESS Open Minds Chatham-Kent, Chatham-Kent, Ontario

Helen Vallianatos

vallianatos@ualberta.ca

ACCESS Open Minds; Office of the Dean of Students, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Srividya N. Iyer

srividya.iyer@mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec

Ashok Malla

ashok.malla@mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Jai L. Shah

jai.shah@mcgill.ca

Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec; ACCESS Open Minds; Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Quebec

On behalf of ACCESS Open Minds

jai.shah@mcgill.ca

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.10147 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2025
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Accepted on: Mar 5, 2026
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Published on: Mar 18, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Sarah Mughal, Alba Sanchez-Allakhverdieva, Amal Abdel-Baki, Neil Andersson, Patricia Boksa, Daphne Hutt-Macleod, Ridha Joober, Shalini Lal, Jessica Chisholm-Nelson, Nora Morrison, Alyssa Frampton, Mary Anne Levasseur, Lacey Augustine, Kevin Friese, Isabelle Godin, Katherine Hay, Norma Rabbitskin, Paula Reaume-Zimmer, Helen Vallianatos, Srividya N. Iyer, Ashok Malla, Jai L. Shah, On behalf of ACCESS Open Minds, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.