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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) regularly provides expert information on addictions and mental health treatment, research, education and advocacy to the public through the media. Here are some recent samples of CAMH coverage. Click on the headlines below to read the full stories (external links):

Mental-health advocates hail $5-million Thomson donation
Globe and Mail – Monday, June 29

One of Canada's most prominent families has pledged $5-million to build the country's first inpatient centre to treat youth with co-occurring mental illness...

Other mentions: CFTR-AM, 680 News; Here & Now (CBL-FM) – interview with David Goldbloom, psychiatrist and medical advisor at CAMH

 

1 in 25 deaths worldwide linked to alcohol consumption: study
cbc.ca – Friday, June 26

One in every 25 deaths worldwide can be linked to diseases or injuries related to alcohol consumption, concludes this CAMH study, which equates the libation's burden of harm to that of smoking almost a decade ago…

Other mentions: ctv.ca; bbc.co.uk; cbsnews.com; usnews.com (Washington); OMNI News (South Asian edition); forbes.com;macleans.ca;time.com; newsmedical.net (Sydney);craegmoor.co.uk; nursingtimes.net; medicalnewstoday.com; metro.co.uk; metronews.ca; canada.com; visitbulgaria.info; Daily Mirror (London, UK); innovations-report.de (Germany); Hamilton Spectator; Winnipeg Free Press; Calgary Herald; Edmonton Sun; National Post; Metro (Toronto); Toronto Sun; Times Colonist (Victoria)  (as well as an additional 100+ mentions worldwide including media sources in Germany, Sweden, France and Nepal)

 

Transit workers often struggle with PTSD
healthblog.ctv.ca (Katy Kamkar, Work, Stress and Health Program, CAMH) – Friday, June 26

Being punched, spat on, choked, violently thrown out of the bus, threatened with death, head-butted in the mouth, having objects thrown onto face or body, having a gun pointed at the face…

 

Art on Wheels Nourishes a Hungry City
torontoist.com - Wednesday, June 24

A local Etobicoke business was the canvas for seniors from the Geriatric Unit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)…

 

Art-wrapped vehicles roll out 'art in unexpected places'
insidetoronto.com - Tuesday, June 23

He drew a block. She painted a bird. Art opened communication exponentially between Raymond Wong and his residential senior clients at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)…

Other mentions: Etobicoke Guardian; Toronto Star

 

Still battling the stigma
National Post (Paul Garfinkel, CAMH President and CEO) - Tuesday, June 16

One in five Canadians who face a serious mental health or addiction problem -- are still too invisible in our society because of the stigma associated with these problems…

 

Mental illness still stigmatized
Waterloo Region Record - Friday, June 12

"The reality is people don't visit," said Dr. David Goldbloom, a psychiatrist and medical adviser to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ...

 

'SEE-ing' The Difference: Evaluation Shows $167 Million Investment Improves Community Mental Health System, But Many Still In Need
Medical News Today - ‎Friday, June 12

Led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)'s Dr. Paula Goering, SEEI is the culmination of nine research studies that explored the system...

Other mentions: genengnews.com; canadianbusiness.com

 

 Wanted: a plan for mental health
Toronto Star - Editorial – Monday, June 8
Toronto Star coverage of CAMH's recommendations for a mental health strategy as presented by President & CEO Paul Garfinkel to the Ontario Select Committee on Mental Health and Addiction

 

ADHD: Regaining focus
Toronto Sun - Monday, June 8
Other mentions: Sudbury Star; Edmonton Sun; Winnipeg Sun; The Daily Press (Timmins); The Simcoe Reformer; The Sarnia Observer; The Welland Tribune; The Intelligencer (Belleville); The Sun Times (Owen Sound); North Bay Nugget; Peterborough Examiner; The Whig-Standard (Kingston)

Red Green, a 2009 CAMH Transforming Lives award recipient and CAMH psychiatrist and ADHD specialist Dr Umesh Jain discuss the prevalence of adult ADHD.

 

Kicking down barriers
Toronto Sun - Sunday, June 7

Peter Menzies, Clinical Head of Aboriginal Services at CAMH comments on the significance of Toronto's long-awaited aboriginal strategy.

 

CAMH awarded Fire Safety Award
canadianbusiness.com - Wednesday, June 3

 

Is the economy making you feel more stressed?
healthblog.ctv.ca - Wednesday, June 3

Katy Kamkar, Clinical Psychologist at the Work, Stress and Health Program and the Psychological Trauma Program at CAMH is CTV's newest health blogger. Her latest blog provides useful information and tips on coping with the day-to-day stress currently experienced by many of us.

 

50 reasons to love Toronto: No. 7- The asylum wall is coming down
Toronto Life - June 2009

One of Toronto Life’s reasons to love Toronto is the redevelopment of CAMH.

 

From 'nut house' to 'gem,' with help from a Blue Jay
The Globe and Mail - Monday, June 1

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