Development and Validation of Prediction Models for Perceived and Unmet Mental Health Needs in the Canadian General Population: Model-Based Synthetic Estimation Study

Jianli Wang   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Heather Orpana   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   André Carrington   ⁵ , PhD ;   George Kephart   ^{1, 6} , PhD ;   Helen-Maria Vasiliadis   ⁷ , PhD ;   Benjamin Leikin   ⁸ , BSc

¹ Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁴ School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁵ Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

⁶ School of Health Administration, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁷ Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

⁸ Community Health and Wellness Branch, Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, Canada