The Offord Papers

During his lifetime, Dr. David (Dan) Offord, founding director of the Offord Centre for Child Studies, authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications on children’s mental health, disadvantaged children, mental health policy for children, antisocial behaviour, child psychiatric epidemiology, community programs for children, and the Early Years.

In response to the many requests we have received from professionals and graduate students for access to his papers, we have provided this list of his better known and most often cited journal articles, as well as selected contributions to books on child psychiatry and child mental health disorders.

These are listed in chronological order, beginning with his earliest works, and include the title of the article, co-authors (if any), the name of the book or journal in which it appeared, issue (if a journal article), name of publisher (if a book), and year of publication. 

Citations for articles not included here may be obtained by contacting the Offord Centre for Child Studies.

Contributions to Books

Conduct Disorder: Risk Factors and Prevention

In Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use. D. Shaffer, I. Philips and N. B. Enzer, (eds.). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, pp. 273-307, 1989.

Social Factors in the Aetiology of Childhood Disorders
In Handbook Studies in Child Psychiatry, Burrows, G. (ed.), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 55-68, 1990.

Ontario Child Health Study: Correlates of Disorder 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. and Racine, Y.A. In Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development, 1990. Chess, S. and Hertzig, M.E. (eds.), Brunner/Mazel, New York, pp. 194-204, 1991.

The Epidemiology of Antisocial Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence: Findings from the Ontario Child Health Study 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. and Racine, Y.A. In The Development and Treatment of Childhood Aggression, Pepler, D. and Rubin, K.H. (eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum, New York, pp. 31-54, 1991.

Epidemiology of Behavioral and Emotional Disorders of Adolescence: Implications for Treatment, Research and Policy
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. and Racine, Y.A. In Behavior Disorders of Adolescence: Research, Intervention, and Policy in Clinical and School Settings, McMahon, R. J. and Peters, R. Dev. (eds.),  Plenum, New York, pp. 13-26, 1991.

Ontario Child Health Study: Summary of Selected Results 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H., Fleming, J.E., Munroe Blum, H. and Rae-Grant, N.I. In 1991 Yearbook of Psychiatry and Applied Mental Health. Schowalter, J. et al., (eds.), Mosby-Year Book, Inc., Chicago. 1992.

Child Psychiatry: Research 
In: Images in Psychiatry: Canada. Quentin Rae-Grant (ed.), American Psychiatric Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 261-265, 1996.

The State of Prevention and Early Intervention 
In: Preventing Childhood Disorders, Substance Abuse and Delinquency. R. DeV. Peters and R. J. McMahon (eds.), Sage Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, pp. 329-344, 1996.

Conduct Disorder 
Co-authored with Bennett, K. In: Do They Grow Out of It: Long-term Outcomes of Childhood Disorders, L. Hechtman (ed.), American Psychiatric Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 77-99, 1996.

Epidemiology 
Co-authored with Fleming, J.E. In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Textbook, Second Edition, Melvin Lewis (ed.), Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, pp. 1166-1178, 1996.

Emotional and Behavioural Problems 
Co-authored with Lipman, E.L. In: Growing Up In Canada: National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada, Catalogue No. 89-550-MPE, no. 1: pp. 119-126, 1996.

Bridging Development, Prevention and Policy 
In: Handbook of Antisocial Behavior. D. Stoff, J. Brieling and J. D. Maser (eds.) John Wiley & Sons, New York, pp. 357-364, 1997.

Prevention of Antisocial Personality Disorder
In: Childhood Onset of “Adult” Psychopathology: Clinical and Research Advances. J.L. Rapoport (ed.) American Psychiatric Press, Inc., Washington, D.C., pp. 379-398, 1999.

Lowering the Burden of Suffering: Monitoring the Benefits of Clinical, Targeted, and Universal Approaches 
Co-authored with Kraemer, H. C., Kazdin, A. E., Jensen, P.S., Harrington, R. and Gardner, J.S. In: Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations. D. P. Keating and C. Hertzman (eds.) The Guilford Press, New York, pp. 293-310, 1999.

Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence
In: New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. M.G. Gelder, J.J. López-Ibor Jr. and N. C. Andreasen (eds.) Oxford University Press, pp. 1695-1700, 2000.

Rescuing the Casualty Class 
In: Youth In Crisis – Uniting for Action. Seventeenth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy. The Carter Center, Mental Health Program, Atlanta, GA, pp. 6-15, 2001.

Epidemiology of Problem Behavior
Co-authored with Lipman, Ellen L, and Duku, Eric. In: Child Delinquents: Development, Intervention and Service Needs. R. Loeber & D. P. Farrington, (eds.) Sage Publications Inc., pp. 95-116, 2001.

Prevention 
Co-authored with Bennett, K.J. In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Modern Approaches Fourth Edition. M. Rutter and E. Taylor (eds.) Blackwell Scientific Publications, pp. 881-899, 2002.

Epidemiology and Prevention 
Co-authored with Bennett, K.J. In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry – A Comprehensive Textbook, Third Edition. M. Lewis (ed.) Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 1320-1335, 2002.

Part III – Lessons from International Perspectives: Comparative Analyses Challenges Facing CAMHS in North America 
In: Strategic Approaches to Planning and Delivering Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. R. Williams, and M. Kerfoot (eds.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 363-370, 2004.

Mental Health Issues: Emotional and Behavioural Problems 
In: Health Policy for Canadian Youth. W. Boyce (ed.) McGill University Press, Montreal.

Journal Articles

Child Psychiatric Disorders: Prevalence and Perspectives 
In Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 8:637-652, 1985.
A Comparison of the School Performance, Emotional Adjustment and Skill

Development of Poor and Middle-Class Children 
Co-authored with Last, J.M. and Barrette, P.A. in Canadian Journal of Public Health, 76:174-178, 1985.

Prevalence and Sociodemographic Correlates of Conduct Disorder
Co-authored with Alder, R. J. and Boyle, M.H. in American Journal of Social Psychiatry, VI:272-278, 1986.

Problems in Setting Up and Executing Large-Scale Epidemiological Studies 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. in Psychiatric Developments, 4:257-272, 1986.

Prevention of Behavioural and Emotional Disorders in Children
In Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 28:9-19, 1987.

Psychiatric Disorder and Poor School Performance Among Welfare Children in Ontario 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. and Jones, B.R. in Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 32:518-525, 1987.

Ontario Child Health Study: Six-Month Prevalence of Disorder and Rates of Service Utilization 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H., Szatmari, P., Rae-Grant, N.I., Links, P.S., Cadman, D.T., Byles, J.A., Crawford, J.W., Munroe Blum, H., Byrne, C., Thomas, H. and Woodward, C.A.  in Archives of General Psychiatry, 44:832-836, 1987.

Prevalence of Childhood Disorder, Perceived Need for Help, Family Dysfunction & Resource Allocation for Child Welfare and Children's Mental Health Services in Ontario
With lead author Boyle, M.H. in Canadian J Behav Science, 20,(4):374-388, 1988.

Ontario Child Health Study: Summary of Selected Results 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H., Fleming, J.E., Munroe Blum, H. and Rae-Grant, N.I.  in Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 34:483-491, 1989.  Also in: 1991 Year Book of Psychiatry and Applied Mental Health, Schowalter, J. et al. (eds.), Mosby Year Book, Chicago, p. 92, 1992.

Ontario Child Health Study: Correlates of Disorder 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H., and Racine, Y. in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 28:856-860, 1989.

Epidemiology of Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Children and Adolescents 
Co-authored with Fleming, J.E. in Practice Applications, 6:1-12, 1989.

Growing Up Poor in Ontario 
In Transitions:10-11, June 1991.

Children at Risk: Schools reaching out
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. and Racine, Y.R. in Education Today, pp. 16-18, 1991.

Children at Risk: Schools reaching out
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H., and Racine, Y.A. in Education Today, 3:17-18, 1991 (non peer-reviewed).

Outcome, Prognosis and Risk in a Longitudinal Follow-Up Study 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H., Racine, Y.A., Fleming, J.E., Cadman, D.T., Munroe Blum, H., Byrne, C., Links, P., Lipman, E.L., MacMillan, H.L., Sanford, M.N., Szatmari, P., Thomas, H. and Woodward, C.A. in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 31:916-923, 1992.

Discussion of "How Can Epidemiology Improve Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents?" 
In Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32:1116-1117, 1993.

Helping Children Adjust: A Tri-Ministry Project 
Co-authored with Boyle, M.H. in Orbit, 24:25, 1993.

Long-Term Outcome of Conduct Disorder and Interventions and Their Effects 
Co-authored with Bennett, K. J. in Journal American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33:1069-1078, 1994.

Editorial: The Mental Health of Immigrant and Refugee Children 
In Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 40:57-58, 1995.

Child Psychiatric Epidemiology: Current Status and Future Prospects 
In Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 40:284-288, 1995.

Lowering the Burden of Suffering from Child Psychiatric Disorder: Trade-offs Among Clinical, Targeted and Universal Interventions 
Co-authored with Kraemer, H.C., Kazdin, A. E., Jensen, P.S. and Harrington, R. in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37:686-694, 1998.

Lessening the Impact of Poverty on Children
Co-authored with Lipman, E.L. in Paediatrics and Child Health, 4:526-530, 1999.

Selection of levels of prevention
In Addiction Behaviours, 25: 833-842, 2000.

Risk factors and prevention
Co-authored with Kraemer, H. C. in Evidence Based Mental Health Journal, 3:70-71, 2000.

The Importance of Recreation for All Children and Youth 
In Parks and Recreation Canada publication Leveling The Playing Field,  60:14, 2002.