The Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression will help young people reach their true potential.

“The medical field has been slow to recognize that depression can develop in children as young as five,” says Dr. Peter Szatmari, Chief of CAMH’s Child, Youth and Family Program and acting Director of the Cundill Centre. “This Centre will help mobilize an international network of experts and focus efforts on developing better care for this vulnerable population.”

Peter Cundill was passionate about supporting children. Through the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH, Peter will continue to help young people around the world live healthier, more productive lives.”

CAMH is a global leader in child and youth mental health. Our experts are collaborating nationally and internationally.

With its official launch in May 2015, CAMH’s Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health has a number of exciting projects underway, including three one-stop mental health care service centres for youth and their families.

“There is a real energy and excitement in our team about making a difference in the lives of kids and teens and their families, both here at CAMH and in partnership with mental health services throughout Canada,” says Dr. Joanna Henderson, Director of the McCain Centre.

At the Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, CAMH is developing the tools young people with early psychosis or schizophrenia need for life beyond our walls, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is being tested for the first time in patients 16 to 24.

Established in 2012, The Peter Cundill Foundation honours the legacy of renowned Canadian investor and philanthropist, F. Peter Cundill (1938-2011). The Foundation has an emphasis on promoting the health, education and well-being of young people.

Supported by a $15-million gift from The Peter Cundill Foundation, the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression will lead a global effort to reduce the burden of depression in the first two decades of life.

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