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Canada’s 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline launches today

New three-digit suicide prevention helpline will take calls and texts, 24/7 anywhere in Canada

About Canada’s 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline launches today
Architectural rendering of the Secure Care and Recovery Building

Minor Variance for Phase 1D Redevelopment

The future Secure Care and Recovery Building is a Ministry of Health-funded project to build a new facility to better serve and care for patients with mental illness who have encountered the law.

About Minor Variance for Phase 1D Redevelopment
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CAMH and LOFT partnership on youth housing

Transitional housing program will provide specialty care for youth with psychosis

About CAMH and LOFT partnership on youth housing
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CAMH welcomes the release of Our Health Our City: A Mental Health, Substance Use, Harm Reduction and Treatment Strategy for Toronto

Integrating mental health, addictions, substance use and the social determinants of health is critical for addressing the complex challenges facing our city

About CAMH welcomes the release of Our Health Our City: A Mental Health, Substance Use, Harm Reduction and Treatment Strategy for Toronto
View of kids in a field on a sunny day with soccer ball.

CAMH study finds that youth sports participation may mitigate genetic risk for mental illness

Study of nearly 5,000 nine- and 10-year-olds suggests playing non-contact or team sports may reduce problematic behaviours and symptoms in youth at risk for OCD

About CAMH study finds that youth sports participation may mitigate genetic risk for mental illness
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CAMH virtual reality training for preventing opioid overdose deaths now available to the public

CAMH Simulation Centre has created a desktop virtual reality ‘video game’ to teach people how to save lives with naloxone

About CAMH virtual reality training for preventing opioid overdose deaths now available to the public
CAMH's Spiritual Care Team: Bruce Scavuzzo, Shawn Lucas and Eli Hood

Identity is at the core of spirituality

Meet CAMH’s Spiritual Care Service – a small but effective team of uniquely individual care providers

About Identity is at the core of spirituality
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Supporting the transition from hospital to community care for patients with developmental disabilities and a psychiatric condition

CAMH develops new principles to ease the transition for this unique group with complex needs

About Supporting the transition from hospital to community care for patients with developmental disabilities and a psychiatric condition
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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).

About Treating high-risk drinking, alcohol use disorder: New Canadian guideline
In December 2018, Dr. Arun Ravindran and members of the ECHO Ontario Mental Health team at CAMH (Dr. Sanjeev Sockalingam, Dr. Eva Serhal, Maurey Nadarajah) travelled to Sri Lanka to provide Project ECHO immersion training to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in Sri Lanka

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

About Supporting mental health training and mentorship in Sri Lanka