Centre For Addiction And Mental Health

• Canada’s 988 suicide crisis helpline sees over 300K calls, texts in 1st year

  The average wait time in October was 44 seconds for phone calls and one minute and 47 seconds for text — a response time officials are working to continually improve.

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2024
  
• Ontario invests $1.6 billion for new buildings at Toronto mental health hospital

  The province says the money will go toward the design and construction of the buildings at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

  Health

  Feb 29, 2024
  
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• TTC increases outreach, expert calls for guaranteed income in response to violence

  A forensic psychiatrist says a rise in violence on the TTC signals an urgent need to better support people struggling with homelessness, mental illness and addiction.

  Crime

  Mar 28, 2023
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• ‘He just understood everything’: Therapists gets cultural training at CAMH to help treat South Asian patients

  The centre said that while South Asians have a higher rate of anxiety and mood disorders compared with the general population, they are 85 per cent less likely to seek treatment.

  Health

  Mar 7, 2023
• Toronto hospital emergency room back to full capacity after bed bug fumigation

  A spokesperson with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health told Global News its emergency department had operated at reduced capacity over the weekend. 

  Cannabis

  Feb 6, 2023
• Autumn draws awareness of Seasonal Affective Disorder

  As autumn makes way for winter, many people may feel the weight of the seasons and their lack of light wearing on them due to Seasonal Affective Disorder.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2022
• CAMH to lead team developing youth mental health platform

  A team of experts led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is creating an online platform it says will fill longtime gaps in youth mental health care.

  Health

  Oct 7, 2022
• CAMH to study whether ‘magic mushrooms’ can treat depression without psychedelic effect

  CAMH says it has been awarded Canada's first federal grant to study the effects of a psychedelic chemical component in "magic mushrooms" on treatment-resistant depression.

  Health

  Jul 27, 2022
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• Alcohol use linked to 7,000 new cancer cases in Canada in 2020, study shows

  In Canada, researchers said alcohol use was linked to 7,000 new cancer cases in 2020.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2021
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• Toronto PATH stabber denied conditional discharge: Ontario Review Board

  A Toronto woman found not criminally responsible for stabbing a stranger to death in Toronto's PATH system has had her detention order extended within the forensic service of CAMH.

  Canada

  May 25, 2021