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The Art of Healing: CAMH and TSO Partner to Launch Program for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Patients
The Art of Healing: CAMH and TSO Partner to Launch Program for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Patients November 18, 2022 (Toronto) – The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) have come together to form a multi-year partnership and launch Art of Healing—a new program that supports First Nations, Inuit, […]
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Monitoring maternal alcohol use and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Monitoring maternal alcohol use and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder To mark International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day, CAMH is releasing a new report with a list of recommendations for monitoring and reducing the prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and prenatal alcohol exposure (FAE) in children, along with alcohol use in people who […]
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CAMH Launches Shkaabe Makwa – Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness
Shkaabe Makwa will be the first hospital-based Centre in Canada designed to drive culturally relevant system initiatives to achieve health equity and community wellness. Twenty years after a team of Indigenous social workers and an Elder formed CAMH’s first team to support the unique needs of First Nations, Inuit and Métis patients, CAMH is officially […]
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CAMH Launches Shkaabe Makwa – Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness
CAMH Launches Shkaabe Makwa – Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness Shkaabe Makwa will be the first hospital-based Centre in Canada designed to drive culturally relevant system initiatives to achieve health equity and community wellness. Twenty years after a team of Indigenous social workers and an Elder formed CAMH’s first team to support […]
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TAHSN Statement on the Death of Joyce Echaquan
TAHSN Statement on the Death of Joyce Echaquan Last week, Joyce Echaquan recorded her shocking treatment during the last hours of her life. In response to pleas of pain, her symptoms were dismissed and she was subjected to racist language and behaviour by those whose job it was to care for her. Ms. Echaquan was […]
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Meet the CAMH Board of Trustees
Meet the CAMH Board of Trustees On June 11, CAMH held its Annual General Meeting and confirmed its Board of Trustees for the upcoming year. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the govrnance of CAMH and provides the strategic leadership that enables the hospital’s vision, mission and core values. It consists of 18 elected […]
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CAMH launches new strategic plan
CAMH launches new strategic plan June 25, 2020 – Today, CAMH is pleased to release its new strategic plan, One CAMH, a three-year roadmap to the future of health. The plan is an ambitious call to action for CAMH, its community and partners to redefine health together, and move towards a world where mental health […]
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Biomarker associated with chronic stress and anxiety found in higher levels in long-term young cannabis users
Biomarker associated with chronic stress and anxiety found in higher levels in long-term young cannabis users TORONTO, September 18, 2019 – A first of its kind study led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry has found elevated levels of a protein involved in immune function and […]
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder prevalence up to 40 times higher in some subpopulations worldwide
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder prevalence up to 40 times higher in some subpopulations worldwide TORONTO, April 30, 2019 – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affects people from all racial, ethnic and sociological backgrounds. However a major new review of the world literature has found that FASD is 10 to 40 times higher in certain groups than […]
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Half of female students in Ontario experience psychological distress, CAMH study shows
Half of female students in Ontario experience psychological distress, CAMH study shows TORONTO (July 25, 2018) – For the first time, just over 50 per cent of female students in Ontario show signs of moderate to serious psychological distress, according to the latest Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS), released by the Centre […]
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