CAMH By the Numbers 2016–2017

Patients

CAMH is seeing more patients every year with acute and complex mental illnesses including substance use disorders

Total unique patients

Average inpatient length of stay

 days

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Emergency services visits

  • 2012

  • 2013

  • 2014

  • 2015

  • 2016

23.7%

of this year’s emergency dept. visits were youth age
16–24

Ages 25–44=50.7%, Ages 45–64=22%, Ages 65+=3.5%

Research

CAMH is Canada’s #1 Mental Health Research Hospital and a world leader in the field of mental illness and addictions.

$ 38,700,000

Total value of research grants awarded

DIAGNOSIS upon ADMISSION

27.5%

Substance-related & addictive disorders

15.3%

Bipolar & related disorders

14.3%

Depressive disorders

3.9%

Personality disorders

1.8%

Trauma & stressor-related disorders

1.7%

Anxiety disorders

3.9%

Other mental health disorders

32.6%

Schizophrenia spectrum & other psychotic disorders

Our patients have a wide range of mental illnesses:

53%

had more than one diagnosis at admission

Information

CAMH is the public’s trusted source of mental health information and expertise.

Education

CAMH educates the next generation of mental health professionals in recovery-based patient care.

Research fellows and student research trainees

Medical students

Psychiatric medical residents/Fellows

+

Nursing students

Other healthcare students

Professionals who participated in
CAMH’s training sessions

Visits to CAMHs Mental Health and Addictions
101 Online courses

Staff and Physicians

CAMH’s dedicated staff and physicians provide high quality, recovery-based mental health care for our patients.

Total number of CAMH Staff

3,085

394

Number of CAMH Physicians

Our Exceptional Volunteers

…tell us they learn a lot from our patients.

CAMH volunteers

Corporate volunteers
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