{"id":23070,"date":"2025-12-29T10:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/?post_type=journal_article&#038;p=23070"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:57:19","slug":"defining-locating-and-characterizing-psychiatrists-who-primarily-treat-children-and-adolescents-and-their-practices-in-ontario","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/publications\/journal-articles\/defining-locating-and-characterizing-psychiatrists-who-primarily-treat-children-and-adolescents-and-their-practices-in-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"Defining, locating, and characterizing psychiatrists who primarily treat children and adolescents and their practices in Ontario: a cross-sectional study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Objective<\/strong> \u2014 The current supply and distribution of child psychiatrists in Ontario is not well understood, making it difficult to effectively plan mental healthcare services for children and adolescents. Therefore, we developed a data-driven definition of psychiatrists who focus on treating child and adolescents, and described their demographic characteristics, geographic distribution, and practice patterns across Ontario in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong> \u2014 A cross-sectional study was employed using administrative data from ICES. All practicing Ontario-based psychiatrists, defined as those submitting at least one billing claim to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan were included. Psychiatrists from the years 2013\u20132023 were included to create the definition of child-focused psychiatrists. Child-focused psychiatrists were defined as those with \u226550% or more of their patients \u226418 years of age. Then, this definition was applied to psychiatrists in 2023 to compare and descriptively summarize data (e.g., age, sex, rurality of practice location, and practice patterns) between child- and adult-focused psychiatrists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> \u2014 In 2023, there was a total of 259 child-focused psychiatrists and 2,099 adult-focused psychiatrists in Ontario. Child-focused psychiatrists were younger (mean age \u00b1 SD: 55.8\u2009\u00b1\u20099.3 vs. 60.1\u2009\u00b1\u200911.5, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), more likely to be female (59.1% vs. 46.2%, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and less likely to work in rural regions than adult-focused psychiatrists. Both, on average, saw a similar number of patients overall (276.7\u2009\u00b1\u2009265.9 vs. 329.3\u2009\u00b1\u2009403.1, p\u2009=\u20090.115), but child-focused psychiatrists saw patients less frequently than adult-focused psychiatrists (3.0\u2009\u00b1\u20091.8 vs 6.5\u2009\u00b1\u20099.1, p&lt;0.001). Child-focused psychiatrists were less likely to have small patient panels as well (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> \u2014 Child-focused psychiatrists represent a small proportion of the psychiatric workforce in Ontario, with particularly limited availability in rural regions. Compared to adult-focused psychiatrists, they are less likely to maintain smaller practices and they see their patients less frequently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Objective \u2014 The current supply and distribution of child psychiatrists in Ontario is not well understood, making it difficult to effectively plan mental healthcare services for children and adolescents. 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