The Child, Youth and Family Program (CYFP) provides evidence-informed assessment and treatment to children and youth experiencing a range of mental health, substance use, and other behavioural concerns, and their families. Concurrently, CYFP conducts leading-edge clinical research and serves as a resource to local, provincial, national and international professionals, organizations, and governmental bodies concerned with the needs of children, youth and their families. In addition, CYFP is a leading Canadian training facility for medical and graduate students in the allied health professions, as well as for students in other health- and research-related programs. CYFP is a site of the Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Research domains
• Biological bases of behaviour and health
• Psychosocial bases of behaviour and health
• Developmental trajectories and predicting outcomes
• Assessment tools and processes
• Innovative intervention research
• Knowledge translation and exchange and systems-level research
Current projects
• Ottawa language study and pathways to adulthood: A 25-year follow up study
• Emerging adulthood: Developmental trajectories, diversity, treatment decision-making and healthy outcomes
• Youth concurrent disorders: Development, assessment, treatment and systems change (CIHR Team in child and youth concurrent disorders)
• Enhancing youth-focused, evidence-informed treatment practices through cross-sectoral collaboration and knowledge exchange
• Understanding and rehabilitating youth involved with the court system: Examining the impact of individual risk factors, needs, responsivity, treatment matching and gender.
• Preventing violence and promoting youth well-being through healthy relationships
• Addressing Behavior and Treatment Effectiveness Project (ABATE) for children with disruptive behaviour
• Utilizing genetic, epigenetic and neuro-imaging approaches to improve understanding of mood disorders in children
• Understanding gender dysphoria and gender-related behaviour in children and adolescents
• Understanding the impact of trauma on youth concurrent disorders and implementing trauma-specific and trauma-informed care
• Improving youth treatment engagement through understanding and enhancing motivation
• Understanding and addressing fire involvement by children and adolescents
Researchers