The Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute
The
Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention
- Largest dementia prevention study in Canada.
- rTMS proven effective in treatment-resistant depression with no side-effects.
- Leading efforts to make brain stimulation therapy an OHIP-billable treatment for depression.
Research Imaging Centre
- Comprehensive brain imaging centre uniquely dedicated to mental illness and addiction research.
- International specialist recruited to lead magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) research.
- Demonstrated link between brain inflammation and depression, leading to new opportunities for treatment.
Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics
- Precisely matching psychiatric medication to patients’ genetic profile.
- Leading a study of 20,000 people, testing genes to prescribe medications more accurately.
- Bringing the benefits of personalized treatment to more Canadians through commercialization.
Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition
- First centre of its kind dedicated to mental health research for youth in transition.
- Developing treatments to prevent or lessen the severity of schizophrenia.
- Driving the creation of digital resources to help young people manage their mental health.
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“ CAMH is clearly among the top five academic research institutions studying mental health and addiction in North America. ”
Dr. Daniel R. Weinberger Director and CEO of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore