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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CAMH researchers discover brain inflammation in people with OCD
A new brain imaging study by CAMH shows for the first time that brain inflammation is significantly elevated – more than 30 per cent higher in people with OCD.
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Getting back into the game
He has to focus more on “mental gymnastics,” he says – managing the thought processes and delusions that come with schizophrenia.
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Education that 'meets you where you're at'
TDSB High School Program at CAMH provides specialized education for youth with mental illnesses.
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Study reveals ethnic differences in mental illness severity when hospitalized
Chinese and South Asian patients in Ontario present to hospital with greater illness severity
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Enhancing life with meaningful activity
Recreation therapy is playing an important role in helping Valynn recover from anxiety and depression.
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Body and soul: CAMH Neurologist’s work bridges medicine and the arts
“I asked him if I could write a play instead, telling a story about epilepsy.
About Body and soul: CAMH Neurologist’s work bridges medicine and the arts
Honouring International Youth Day: CAMH’s Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program
At CAMH, much is being done in support of younger clients who are experiencing mental illness, substance misuse and homelessness.
About Honouring International Youth Day: CAMH’s Child, Youth and Emerging Adult Program
CAMH Library: Featured Publications for International Youth Day 2016
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CAMH welcomes Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos as new Physician-in-Chief
On August 1, 2016, CAMH welcomed Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos in her new role as Physician-in-Chief.
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