The New Mentality is a joint program of Children’s Mental Health Ontario and the Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO.
Children's Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) champions the right of every child and youth in Ontario to mental health and well-being.. They represent and support the providers of child and youth mental health treatment services throughout Ontario. Their core membership consists of 81 community-based children's mental health centres that serve some 150,000 children and their families annually. CMHO believes that children and youth have the right to be engaged in decisions regarding their own treatment and the design and delivery of child and youth mental health services.
The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO, along with other leaders, is working towards an integrated system that truly meets the mental health care needs of children, youth and their parents and caregivers. The Centre builds partnerships, funds new research, provides consulting services about research & supports the critical role of youth engagement through partnerships, project funding, youth specific grants and awards and youth representation on its advisory committees.