Courtney, Darren B.
Barwick, Melanie
Amani, Bahar
Greenblatt, Andrea T.
Aitken, Madison
Krause, Karolin R.
Andrade, Brendan F.
Bennett, Kathryn
Cleverley, Kristin
Uliaszek, Amanda A.
de Oliveira, Claire
Hawke, Lisa D.
Henderson, Jo
Wang, Wei
Watson, Priya
Gajaria, Amy
Newton, Amanda S.
Ameis, Stephanie
Relihan, Jacqueline
Prebeg, Matthew
Chen, Sheng
Szatmari, Peter
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Article History
Received: 4 September 2023
Accepted: 22 October 2023
First Online: 8 March 2024
Declarations
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: Research ethics board approvals have been obtained at the co-ordinating site (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and at each study site (Reach Out Centre for Kids, Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Woodview Mental Health and Autism Services, Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Maltby Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Gary Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Youth participants (ages 13 to 18, inclusive), caregiver participants and clinician participants each provide their own informed consent to participate in the study. In the province of Ontario, as well as other Provinces within Canada, there is no “legal” age of consent to participate in research activities. Matters of consent and capacity are guided by the <i>Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2</i>), which is a joint policy of Canada’s federal research agencies. TCPS2 does not specify an age of consent for children and as such people under the age of 16 can consent for themselves if they are believed to be capable of understanding the significance of the research and appreciating the potential risks and benefits of involvement in research study. Informed consent will be obtained from all study participants by a research assistant through a secure videoconference meeting. Consent forms are signed through the REDCap software as approved by the research ethics boards.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.