The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) regularly provides expert information on addictions and mental health treatment, research, education and advocacy to the public through the media. Here are some recent samples of CAMH coverage. Click on the headlines below to read the full stories (external links):
From there to here: No going back for Haitian immigrant
May 19, 2013
Toronto Star
Antoine Derose has been in Canada for more than three decades and has sound advice for new immigrants..read more
DSM-5: Controversial changes to psychiatry’s bible
May 17, 2013
Toronto Star
While the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder is often described as psychiatry’s bible, critics worry that the long-awaited DSM-5 labels normal behaviour as mental illness read more..
Dr. Peter Szatmari tackles issue of children’s mental health
May 1, 2013
insidetoronto.com
New collaboration between SickKids, CAMH and the UofT aims to improve children’s mental health services read more..
Drinking, sexual aggression linked
April 20, 2013
The Windsor Star
Results from a study of Windsor bar-goers' drinking habits suggest 75 per cent of young women face some kind of sexual aggression when they go out to bars if they pre-drink or end up drinking too much read more..
Schizophrenia survivor and activist Linda Chamberlain honoured at CAMH
April 5, 2013
Toronto Star
Activist Linda Chamberlain is the first former patient to be honoured with a tribute at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health read more..
Personalized prescriptions reduce side effects, increase efficiency
April 2, 2013
Toronto Star
Genetic test lets doctors move beyond ‘trial and error’ system to discover which drugs work best for patients read more..
Synthetic marijuana test available in Canada
March 28 2013
CBC News
On Wednesday, Toronto's CAMH said it is the first clinical lab in the country to offer a test for the presence of the compounds. Until now, it could not be detected without sending urine samples from users to a read more..
Bill for mentally-ill offenders could hurt public safety, groups say
March 24, 2013
CBC News
The federal government's tough stand on mentally ill offenders likely won't reduce crime and could have just the opposite result, say leaders of the country's forensic mental health organizations who are drafting a letter to express read more..
Mental health training program addresses refugees’ needs
March 6, 2013
Toronto Star
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health offers free online training to help front-line community workers deal with refugee read more..
Statistics Of Alcohol: Canadians Drink More Than 50% Above Global Average, CAMH Report Finds
March 5, 2013
The Huffington Post Canada
A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), found Canadians drink more than 50 per cent above the global average. And it's no time to be imbibing — alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global read more..
Unequal justice: Few youth get the mental health help they need
March 1, 2013
Toronto Star
Many youths who show up in Ontario’s courts have learning and mental health issues, but few get the help they need. Psychologist and researcher Tracey Skilling is part of a four-person team at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health read more..
5 mental disorders share genetic links
February 28, 2013
CBC News
The largest genetic study of mental illnesses to date finds five major disorders may not look much alike but they share some gene-based risks. The surprising discovery comes in the quest to unravel what causes psychiatric disorders and how to better diagnose and read more..
Making a high-stakes research career work with family
February 19, 2013
The Globe and Mail
The university student who arrived at Romina Mizrahi’s office was frightened. His thoughts were off kilter; he believed his roommate might be tampering with his food. The student’s paranoia alarmed Dr. Mizrahi, a research scientist read more..
Thornhill clinic selected for mental health study
February 4, 2013
yorkregion.com
Patients at a Thornhill medical centre saw the future last week. Nine patients received genetic testing to establish which are the best psychiatric drugs for them to take.The research study is being done at Thornhill Medical Centre read more..
Internet addicts face constant temptation, non-believers
February 1, 2013
Toronto Star
Bruce Ballon, director of an internet addiction program at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, calls excessive internet use a “public health issue” read more..
National study gives boost to work of Big Brothers Big Sisters
January 20, 2013
Cape Breton Post
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is celebrating 100 years of service this year with the release of the largest mentoring study ever done in this country. The study, conducted with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health read more..
Boys in the basement
Ottawa Citizen
January 17, 2013
Detached, alienated, uninterested and lacking ambition, countless young adults are drifting between minimum wage jobs, drinking, doing drugs and playing video games.“It’s possible they are perceiving a change in the social contract,” says Dr. Robert Mann read more..
Being cut off is leading online complaint of Canadian motorists: study
Vancouver Sun
January 10, 2013
According to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), cutting in and weaving are the most common online complaints of motorists read more..
Sense of familiarity vital to returning Sandy Hook students, psychologist says
CTV News
January 3, 2013
Dr. Katy Kamkar, a clinical psychologist at the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health who specializes in trauma, said it's important that board officials and school staff minimize the sense of shock for students
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There are substantially more questions than answers about what led to the horrific events that unfolded in Newtown, Conn., last week. But one thing seems clear
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Archway celebrates the holidays
InsideToronto
December 11, 2012
Dyan James’ face lit up as she pushed back the purple tissue paper revealing the gifts she received from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s Gifts of Light campaign. Read more
U.S. drug officials warn police about Canadian generic oxycodone
Toronto Star
December 5 2012
Dr. Peter Selby, clinical director of the addictions program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said monitoring...Read more
New leader for kids mental health promises a ‘listening tour’
Toronto Star
December 3, 2012
The Hospital for Sick Children, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the University of Toronto announced last week that Dr. Peter Szatmari, head of the division of child psychiatry... Read more
Psychiatry ‘bible’ DSM-5 one step closer to publication
Globe and Mail
December 3, 2012
After a lengthy and contentious revision process, the criteria for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders have now been finalized, bringing the guide – known as psychiatry’s “bible” – a major step closer to publication...Read more
Addiction survey finds smoking rates, opioid use down in Ontario
Toronto Star
November 28, 2012
Smoking rates are levelling off in Ontario while more pot smokers are driving after lighting up according to the latest survey by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. The survey,led by Senior Scientist Dr Robert Mann... read more
Canadian researchers study alternative to shock therapy for hard-to-manage depression
CTV News
November 12, 2012
Dr. Jeff Daskalakis, a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, is one of the researchers testing a more modern, potentially safer approach to electroshock therapy called magnetic seizure therapy...read more
A new Canadian brain therapy targets depression
Globe and Mail
November 12, 2012
For decades, patients suffering from depression had limited treatment options: They had psychotherapy, drugs and, for those with "treatment resistance" to medication, ECT, explains psychiatrist Jeff Daskalakis, director of the clinic. ..read more
Schizophrenia is a diagnosis, not a disaster
Toronto Star
November 9, 2012
With help from the psychosis clinic at CAMH (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), he is now working toward a diploma in recreation leisure services at ...read more
Mental health of survivors after a natural disaster often overlooked
Global News Toronto
November 8, 2102
Dr. Katy Kamkar, a clinical psychologist at the Psychological Trauma Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, says that while ...read more
New treatment shows promise
EMC Ottawa South
November 8, 2012
Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have identified a potential new approach to preventing smoking relapse, which ...read more
Workman Arts celebrates 25 years
insidetoronto.com
November 2, 2012
Lisa Brown was working as a nurse at the former Queen Street Mental Health Centre, now the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, when she founded Workman Arts ...read more
Debating red wine's health benefits: Food Fight
Toronto Star
October 31, 2012
And recently the health effects of alcohol have been in the news, as Health ... Dr Jurgen Rehm, Director of social and epidemiological research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. read more
Bullied girls are twice as likely to contemplate suicide: study
Global News Toronto
October 31, 2012
...according to a press release issued by CAMH on Wednesday. While researchers are wary to say bullying causes suicidal thoughts, Senior Scientist at CAMH Dr. David Wolfe says it is definitely a “risk factor.” read more
Mental health – a manager's toughest talk
Globe and Mail
October 30, 2012
“Managers and employees don't like to talk about behaviour problems,” acknowledged Carolyn Dewa,health economist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental ...read more
Creating programs for kids with mentally ill parents
Toronto Star
October 13, 2012
There is growing awareness about the impact of mental illness....But the stigma that still surrounds the issue has families reporting they receive less care and support than friends and neighbours with physical ailments. read more
Mayo Clinic releases anti-anxiety app
Toronto Star
October 12, 2012
The world-renowned Mayo Clinic last week unveiled an app called Anxiety Coach…Katy Kamkar, clinical psychologist in the Work, Stress and Health Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, read more
Majority of mental illnesses not treated, Ontario report finds
CTV News
October 11, 2012
A new report says the majority of people with mental illnesses or addictions in Ontario are not being treated for their conditions... Dr. Paul Kurdyak is chief of general and health systems psychiatry at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), which produced the report with the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. read more
Employers alone can't fix workplace depression
CBC News
October 11, 2012
Dr. Carolyn Dewa, head of the work and well-being research and evaluation program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), says workplace depression came into sharper focus in the early 1990s..read more
Home, sweet home gives hope to mentally ill
Globe and Mail
September 21, 2012
..it is a basic necessity at having a chance to turn your life around,” says Paula Goering, a researcher at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health who led the Mental Health Commission study. read more
CAMH illuminates roles of novel epigenetic chemical in the brain
Science Codex
September 17, 2012
CAMH Senior Scientist Dr. Art Petronis, who is a senior author on the new study.. identified a new role of a chemical involved in controlling the genes underlying memory and learning. read more
Success for student with schizophrenia
Toronto Star
September 15, 2012
In Canada, some 6.7 million people — or 20 per cent of the population — live with a form of mental illness. Of the total population, at least 1 per cent develop schizophrenia, according to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. read more
Methadone helps opiate addicts lead normal lives
Chatham Daily News
September 12, 2012
John Zarebski, president of the Chatham-Kent Drug Awareness Council, said methadone saves lives…read more
Acadia University leads the way to curb student binge drinking
Globe and Mail
August 30, 2012
Dr. Strang points to a 2004 survey of more than 6,000 Canadian university students conducted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto that ...read more
Shooting brings awareness to crisis management
Benefits Canada
August 24, 2012
... adds Dr. Katy Kamar, a psychologist with the Work, Stress and Health Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. “Everyone responds differently. read more
Refugee mental health at risk with cuts, experts warn
CBC.ca
August 17, 2012
.."That's inhumane, it's unreasonable, it's also very expensive," said Dr. Kwame McKenzie, a psychiatrist at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health...read more
CAMH launches website aimed at pregnant smokers
Global Toronto
August 9, 2012
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has launched a website to help pregnant woman quit smoking. According to CAMH, 10.5 per ...read more
The bullying gender gap: Girls more likely to be targets
Globe and Mail
August 1, 2012
A comprehensive report released last month by researchers from the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health found that while overall rates of bullying…read more
Teen fire videos a troubling trend on YouTube, study says
National Post
July 28, 2012
A growing number of clients in the arson prevention program for children at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) report watching the videos, the researchers say…read more
Girls in Ont. more likely to be bullied in school and online
CTV News
July 24, 2012
A report from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found girls in Ontario are nearly twice as likely to be victims of cyber-bullying than boys…read more
The toll of mental illness
Ottawa Citizen
July 24, 2012
According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, at least 500,000 Canadians are unable to work in any given week due to mental illness...read more
Genetic Link to Rapid Weight Gain from Antipsychotics Discovered
BioScience Technology
July 18, 2012
Scientists have discovered two genetic variants associated with the substantial, rapid weight gain occurring in nearly half the patients treated with antipsychotic medications, according to two studies involving…read more
Toronto's 'new' Centre for Addiction and Mental Health opens
CBC National News
June 21, 2012
What officials are lauding as Toronto's 'new' Centre for Addiction and Mental Health celebrated its grand opening Thursday morning, during an event hosted by CBC Toronto's Metro Morning radio host Matt Galloway. Read more
New CAMH campus a sign of civic and mental health
Toronto Star
June 21, 2012
The most outstanding thing about the new CAMH campus at Queen and Ossington is that nothing stands out. It’s not the new buildings, courtyards and green spaces aren’t attractive, they are... Read more
Hope, innovation and change: How the new CAMH is transforming a community
Toronto Star
June 9, 2012
As CAMH prepares to celebrate the opening of three new buildings on its Queen Street site, the Toronto Star has released a special supplement giving the public an inside look at the impact of CAMH’s innovative work on clients, families and the community... Read more
Mean streets: Motorists boil over ‘in the age of rage’
The Globe and Mail
May 17, 2012
In gridlocked urban centres, tragic road-rage incidents aren't just between drivers. ... a senior scientist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health who has read more
Teens facing addiction and mental illness need services that treat both
Toronto Star
May 3, 2012
In July, CAMH will offer some relief for kids in crisis..the new beds are designed for acute cases, says Christina Bartha, administrative director of child, youth and family addictions program at CAMH read more
Researchers seek downtown drinkers
The Windsor Star
May 2, 2012
A small army of red-coated recruiters for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will be fanning out in the downtown core beginning this weekend to seek read more
Blood tests could diagnose teen depression, study says
Toronto Star
April 16, 2012
A single blood test may be able to diagnose major depression in teens, a new study says. However, Dr. Allison Owen-Anderson, a psychologist at the Toronto Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, said.. read more
Problem gambler assistance goes online
Reviewed-Casinos
April 3, 2012
The Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health launched a new weapon in the war against addictive gambling Tuesday read more
Breast cancer risk: Alcohol is the new tobacco
Toronto Star
March 28, 2012
The evidence on drinking and cancer has been around for quite a while, but it’s not widely known outside the scientific community,” says Dr. Norman Giesbrecht, a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction read more
Gambler addiction, suicide among Toronto casino concerns
Toronto Star
March 12, 2012
“It seems to be no matter who the government of the day is, they’re against gambling expansion out of office, but as soon as they get in, it’s acceptable,” says Robert Murray, the manager of CAMH’s Problem Gambling read more
Pre-drinking a precursor to problems
London Free Press
February 21, 2012
Pre-drinking involves quickly downing a lot of alcohol and then visiting a bar or nightclub. And it's an increasingly common habit with young people. So common, in fact, that researchers from the London office of the Centre for Addiction and read more
Healthy minds, health profits: A new business imperative
CTV News
February 7, 2012
Canadian employers are starting to recognize the value of investing in mental health awareness and prevention programs, Dewa, a senior scientist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health..read more
Yoga saved me from depression and my bully boss
Toronto Star
January 31, 2012
A recent study by Dr. Arun Ravindran, director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders program at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) read more
Nicotine gum, patch fail smokers, as effective as quitting cold turkey, landmark study finds
Toronto Star
January 10, 2012
For Peter Selby, head of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s nicotine dependence clinic in Toronto, nicotine replacement therapies are critical read more