CAMH News & Stories
In the headlines or behind the scenes, CAMH stories always aim to inform, engage, and enlighten.
Ontario's Minister of Sport Neil Lumsden Donates Brain to Concussion Research
Lumsden champions brain injury research and urges expansion of Rowan's Law across Canada
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Ontario youth experiencing increasing levels of psychological distress and inability to cope
One-in-six students report serious thoughts of suicide in the past year
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The Power and Promise of Co-Development for Canada's Recovery Colleges
Canada is home to more than 30 recovery colleges, the second-highest number globally. CAMH’s own recovery college, the Collaborative Learning College (CLC), opened in 2019 and is guided by the values of equity, accessibility and personal autonomy.
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Treating high-risk drinking, alcohol use disorder: New Canadian guideline
A new Canadian guideline for treating high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD) with 15 evidence-based recommendations to reduce harms associated with high-risk drinking and to support people’s treatment and recovery from AUD is published today in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
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Supporting mental health training and mentorship in Sri Lanka
On World Mental Health Day, CAMH celebrates its first international partnership based on the ECHO model
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CAMH Foundation shines a spotlight on addiction
New advertising campaign calls on Canadians to help CAMH confront the drug crisis and build a future where no one is left behind
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New Brock-CAMH report calls for enhanced mental health, neurodiversity supports for Indigenous communities
A newly released report co-led by Brock University and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) aims to create and strengthen supports and services for Indigenous Peoples with neurodevelopmental differences.
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Dismantling Anti Black Racism Year 2 update on CAMH strategy
Since its launch many facets of CAMH have worked together, with the support of important community partners, to make meaningful progress on our goals. We are happy to share examples from each category of the strategy to demonstrate our progress.
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Brock University & Shkaabe Makwa co-hosts event on Indigeneity, neurodevelopmental disabilities and mental health
About Brock University & Shkaabe Makwa co-hosts event on Indigeneity, neurodevelopmental disabilities and mental health
A pathway to hope, one panini at a time
For more than 15 years, CAMH has partnered with Working for Change to ensure that all hospital retail food services are staffed exclusively by people with lived experience of mental illness including addiction.
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CAMH once again awarded Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada
Following a weeklong Accreditation Canada visit to our hospital in June, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has been accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest level of achievement possible.
About CAMH once again awarded Exemplary Standing from Accreditation Canada
A call to improve mental health support to reduce the risks of self-harm and suicide in autistic individuals
Autistic females have an 83 per cent increased risk of self-harm leading to emergency healthcare relative to non-autistic people, according to a new study from ICES and CAMH
About A call to improve mental health support to reduce the risks of self-harm and suicide in autistic individuals
Improving access to mental health supports for pregnant women and new mothers
SUMMIT study led by CAMH womenmind™ scientist is the largest talk therapy clinical trial ever conducted for perinatal women
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