CAMH News & Stories
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CAMH announces Waverley House Secure Care & Recovery Building
Waverley House Foundation’s $203-million gift redefining mental health care
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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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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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CAMH study confirms ongoing brain inflammation associated with long COVID
Researchers using advanced brain imaging are first to find increase in protein marker of inflammation in illness affecting 200 million globally
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Ontario alcohol policy receives failing grade
CAPE Project finds Ontario score fell from top jurisdiction nationally to fourth overall at 40 per cent
About Ontario alcohol policy receives failing grade
CAMH Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan 2021-2024: Mid-way update
CAMH’s commitment to truth and reconciliation will continue to evolve following the implementation of this three-year plan, and future work will aim to further dismantle the intransigent oppressive systems that continuously exclude and harm Indigenous peoples.
About CAMH Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan 2021-2024: Mid-way update
Why studying maternal health matters
On World Maternal Health Day, a new CAMH-led study raises important questions
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CAMH Sunrise Challenge invites Canadians to rally, rise and raise funds for mental health
Canadians can support Canada's leading mental health hospital by waking up with the sun for five days, from May 29 to June 2, 2023
About CAMH Sunrise Challenge invites Canadians to rally, rise and raise funds for mental health