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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CAMH celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
To celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, CAMH is hosting a Mini Pow Wow to educate, entertain and unite CAMH and the greater community.
About CAMH celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day
Driving The Mental Health Movement Forward: Five Actions
Read the CAMH Difference Makers Action Report; a summary of actions that came out of the Difference Makers Symposium.
About Driving The Mental Health Movement Forward: Five Actions
New No Smoking signs arrive at CAMH
The initiative was sparked by the Smoke-Free Ontario Act that forced all outdoor grounds of hospitals to be completely smoke-free January 1, 2018.
About New No Smoking signs arrive at CAMH
CAMH Redevelopment Update: June 2018
We continue to advance our work on the above ground structure at both the McCain Complex Care and Recovery Centre and the Crisis and Critical Care Building.
About CAMH Redevelopment Update: June 2018
Smoking myths and realities
CAMH Director of Medical Education Dr. Peter Selby provides insights into the relationship between smoking and mental health, in the latest episode of the CAMH Podcast.
About Smoking myths and realities
How CAMH’s Cundill Centre is shaping the future of child and youth depression
Dr. Peter Szatmari considers the promising future of advances in the treatment of child and youth depression – and how the Cundill Centre at CAMH is helping us get there.
About How CAMH’s Cundill Centre is shaping the future of child and youth depression
Mental Health is Health – and that includes schizophrenia
In recognition of National Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day on May 24, CAMH’s Dr. Araba Chintoh pushes for a greater understanding around mental illness.
About Mental Health is Health – and that includes schizophrenia
Mental Health is Health campaign forces ‘paradigm shift’ in public’s thinking
It didn’t take long before campaign caught the attention one of Canada’s most decorated rowers, Silken Laumann.
About Mental Health is Health campaign forces ‘paradigm shift’ in public’s thinking
Difference Makers Gala Celebrates a National Movement for Mental Health
See the photos from the evening - and read about the four things we can all do to drive the mental health movement forward.
About Difference Makers Gala Celebrates a National Movement for Mental Health