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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From Policy to Planning: Lessons in Global Knowledge Exchange
CAMH’s Office of Transformative Global Health developed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Uruguay.
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CAMH Library: Words Matter—Research resources for Addictions Awareness Week 2017
The 2017 theme is WORDS MATTER and how language that perpetuate harmful stereotypes and act as a barrier to seeking help.
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About Words Matter—Research resources for Addictions Awareness Week 2017
Costs of treating patients with psychosis change significantly as they age
Understanding costs associated with providing health-care services can provide insights into health-care needs.
About Costs of treating patients with psychosis change significantly as they age
Patient engagement: More than paint colours
‘Patient engagement’ and ‘co-production’ are becoming familiar terms in mental health care.
About Patient engagement: More than paint colours
Helping primary care providers manage mental health conditions and addiction
Susan Lewis didn’t realize how heavily she had been drinking until she brought up her coping mechanisms for anxiety with her family doctor.
About Helping primary care providers manage mental health conditions and addiction
A friend in need
I’d just been offered a job at CAMH – an organization I felt very passionately about long before I ever stepped foot on the grounds.
About A friend in need
Gifts of Light’s Art Cart Program
The Art Cart connects artists who have experienced mental illness to patients on their journey to recovery.
About Gifts of Light’s Art Cart Program
A note to caregivers: “Save some love for yourself”
About A note to caregivers: “Save some love for yourself”
A Window into the Brain
One of our strategic directions reads “Ignite Discovery and Innovation” and our promise is that “we will know what causes mental illness.”
About A Window into the Brain