CAMH News & Stories
In the headlines or behind the scenes, CAMH stories always aim to inform, engage, and enlighten.
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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Spotlighting the mental health of young South Asian women
CAMH had a unique opportunity to showcase its research with South Asian communities by premiering four films at the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA).
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A transgender journey at CAMH
In this edition of the CAMH podcast, Gender Identity Clinic client Myka Pascall-Thompson talks candidly and openly about a unique journey.
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Recovery is possible when people seek help
A few years ago, people may have said Charlie “had it all.” But he was also secretly struggling with depression that eventually grew into psychosis.
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What suicide notes teach us about experiences with mental illness and mental health care
Can the study of suicide notes help clinicians in their efforts to prevent suicide? That is the premise of a new study by CAMH and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
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Lessons learned from the study of suicide notes
For the better part of a year, Dr. Juveria Zaheer would spend every Monday at the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario.
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Highlights of the #CundillatCAMH Conference
More than 150 people working with child and youth depression gathered to hear presentations by international experts and poetry performances by youth with lived experience.
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Using Personality to Protect Against Depression
CAMH scientist Dr. Lena Quilty is working to bring the science of personality into real-world use in health-care settings to improve treatment.
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Stress affects people with schizophrenia differently, CAMH study shows
Strategies for coping with stress and building resilience may provide approaches to prevent schizophrenia.
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Significant Stress Changes the Brain
A CAMH study shows new ways the brain changes in response to stress, potentially increasing the risk of developing depression.
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