Depression in young people is considered a disorder when feelings of sadness, emptiness, etc. last for many days and significantly impair life.

It is estimated that up to 20 percent of Canadian children and youth may be affected by mental illness.

Sleep and children: the impact of lack of sleep on daily life

People with Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) struggle to focus, sit still, or restrain their impulses.

Outpatient clinics for children 18 and undre include the Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) Diagnostic Clinic, the Depressive Disorders Clinic and the Child Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic.

2010 Session of the Douglas Institute Mini-Psych School.

As a clinician, Johanne Renaud holds the title of medical chief for the youth section of the Douglas Institute’s Depressive Disorders Program.

Philippe Lageix is Medical Chief, Youth at Risk for Personality Disorders, Douglas Institute

A 2009 interview with Johanne Renaud, MD, on depression in young people (in French).

Watch this 2012 Mini-Psych school class "Teenage angst or full-blown depression?" by Johanne Renaud