CAMH News & Stories
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New Joint CAMH-International Study Finds Major Economic and Health Benefits from Alcohol Tax Increase
Findings from major Lithuanian study offer important lessons for Canada as alcohol harms continue to rise
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Connecting ALC Patients with Dual Developmental and Psychiatric Diagnoses with Long-Term Community Housing
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Reena, and Surrey Place are working together to move patients stuck in hospital into care and housing and ease Ontario’s hospital capacity crisis.
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Study finds brain-based markers could help personalize depression treatment
Promising progress toward predicting how patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) will respond to antidepressant medications using brain imaging and clinical data
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CAMH’s Sunrise Challenge™ invites Canadians to rise with the sun and fundraise for groundbreaking mental health research and suicide prevention initiatives
Canadians can support mental health by waking up with the sun for one week, from May 31 to June 6, 2021
About CAMH’s Sunrise Challenge™ invites Canadians to rise with the sun and fundraise for groundbreaking mental health research and suicide prevention initiatives
Faces of Philanthropy: CAMH’s new model of youth psychosis care gets support from the Toor Family Foundation
For the past four years, CAMH has led a collaboration to provide a new model of care and treatment for young people experiencing psychosis and bipolar disorder.
About Faces of Philanthropy: CAMH’s new model of youth psychosis care gets support from the Toor Family Foundation
CAMH hosts vaccine clinic for adults with developmental disabilities
Clinic enabled CAMH outpatients and their caregivers to get their first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine.
About CAMH hosts vaccine clinic for adults with developmental disabilities
Building on the aging brain’s capacity to cope
Looking for clues that could delay, prevent or reverse the progression of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
About Building on the aging brain’s capacity to cope
Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario expands virtual youth mental health services with support from RBC Future Launch
About Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario expands virtual youth mental health services with support from RBC Future Launch
Workplace mental health top of mind for Canada’s business leaders
Last month, more than 80 executive business leaders attended CAMH’s inaugural Business Leaders for Mental Health Action summit.
About Workplace mental health top of mind for Canada’s business leaders
CAMH, YWHO, ACCESS Open Minds and Foundry launch first-of-its kind initiative to help young people with mental health challenges find employment
Funded by the Future Skills Centre, project will provide support more than 700 youth in 12 locations
About CAMH, YWHO, ACCESS Open Minds and Foundry launch first-of-its kind initiative to help young people with mental health challenges find employment
The CAMH BrainHealth Databank
How a hospital-wide commitment to collaborative patient-centred care enhanced by machine-learning is poised to transform the diagnosis, treatment and care of mental illness at CAMH
About The CAMH BrainHealth Databank
York University and CAMH launch first-of-its-kind Canadian Guide on Mental Health Literacy for Autism
Free online document a key resource for autistic and autism communities, families, caregivers, mental health practitioners, and service providers
About York University and CAMH launch first-of-its-kind Canadian Guide on Mental Health Literacy for Autism
Large numbers of regular drug users report increased substance use and heightened fear of relapse and overdose during COVID-19
CAMH survey indicates drug users are being disproportionately impacted by COVID in a variety of ways, in large part due to supply disruption and other COVID-related societal changes.
About Large numbers of regular drug users report increased substance use and heightened fear of relapse and overdose during COVID-19