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Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests
CAMH says 46% of students reported moderate to serious psychological distress, while one in 10 said they placed sports bets online.
- Released Monday, the 2025 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey found 46 per cent of youth in grades 7 to 12 reported a moderate to serious level of psychological distress, down from 51 per cent in 2023.
- Conducted every two years by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health since 1977, the study surveyed 11,108 students across 246 schools in 42 school boards to track provincial youth well-being.
- Lead investigator Hayley Hamilton called the decline "encouraging," though current rates remain significantly higher than a decade ago, possibly reflecting social media influence or decreased stigma around discussing mental health.
- Data reveals a surge in online gambling, with one in 10 students placing sports bets in 2025 compared to one in 100 in 2017; nearly one-quarter report daily advertising exposure.
- Ontario's regulatory changes allowing private betting sites coincided with the gambling increase, prompting Hayley Hamilton, co-director of the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, to note "the students are finding a way to gamble.
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Percentage of Ontario youth struggling with mental health back to pre-COVID level, survey suggests
TORONTO - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says psychological distress among Ontario youth appears to have decreased since the pandemic, but still remains high.
·Toronto, Canada
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