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CAMH is Canada’s Top Mental Health Research Hospital
Research spending surpasses $100 million, signaling unprecedented investment in mental health science and care.
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Extended-Release Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment in Correctional Settings
To understand treatment best practices, researchers at CAMH conducted the first comprehensive review of available studies that evaluate the use of extended-release buprenorphine as a treatment for OUD within correctional facilities.
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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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Separation Anxiety Linked to Poorer Health
A CAMH study shows that children who experienced early, severe separation anxiety had worse physical and mental health in their early teen years.
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Exploring Strengths, Improving Care Tools
Indigenous communities and CAMH researchers are collaborating on projects that take a strengths-based approach to promote mental wellness among Indigenous peoples.
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Drug use among Ontario students at historic lows but new concerns over fentanyl emerge
New numbers released by the CAMH suggest Ontario students in grades 7 through 12 are drinking, smoking, and using drugs at the lowest rates since the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) began in 1977
About Drug use among Ontario students at historic lows but new concerns over fentanyl emergeFinancial incentives to psychiatrists did not increase follow-up care for patients after a psychiatric hospitalization discharge or suicide attempt
A payment incentive introduced in 2011 to encourage psychiatrists to provide follow-up to patients after a psychiatric hospitalization discharge or to those with a recent suicide attempt did not increase access to care, according to a new study.
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Canadians Making a Difference for Mental Health
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Canadians Making a Difference for Mental Health
About Canadians Making a Difference for Mental HealthMother to Mother: Easing Caregiver Stress for Parents of Children with Autism
A novel intervention in which mothers of children with autism lead therapy workshops for other mothers of children with autism is showing great promise in reducing stress and depression among caregivers.
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Sim Centre Open House 2017: Recap
On November 1st, the CAMH Simulation team hosted their second annual Open House.
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CAMH President and CEO named one of Canada’s Most Admired™ CEOs of 2017
Dr. Catherine Zahn, President and CEO of CAMH, has been named one of Canada’s Most Admired™ CEOs of 2017 by Waterstone Human Capital.
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