July 14, 2003
Winning
design ideas for historic asylum wall on display at Toronto City Hall
More than 100 submissions made to CAMH's Open Ideas Competition on
the future of its historic east wall will be on display at the rotunda
in Toronto's City Hall from July 14th to July 17th. The public is invited
to view the design ideas on the main floor of the City Hall at 100 Queen
Street West from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. More...
June 13, 2003
CAMH Launches
On-Line Support For People Dealing with the Stress of SARS
An online web-assisted support group for people dealing with the stress
of SARS, www.sarssupportcentre.net,
was launched today by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
June 3, 2003
3 % of Adult Drivers
In Ontario Have Driven After Smoking Cannabis
:According to Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health's Provincial Drug Monitor The Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health's (CAMH) released the first Canadian description of changes in
the prevalence of using cannabis and driving within an adult population.
More..>
May 29, 2003
Drug Treatment Courts Receive
Additional Funding
The Toronto Drug Treatment Court and CAMH join together in applauding
the announcement made today that the Government of Canada will provide
additional funding for Canadian Drug Treatment Courts (TDTC). The TDTC
is a voluntary program that provides court-supervised treatment for
people addicted to cocaine or heroin, who have been charged with drug
offenses involving those substances. Clients who complete the program
receive a non-custodial sentence instead of the incarceration that they
would normally be facing. The majority of clients have a long history
of involvement with drugs and the criminal justice system.
More....
May 27, 2003
CAMH Supports Renewal of Canada's
Drug Strategy
CAMH supports the legislation announced today
converting cannabis possession to a civil violation under the federal
Contraventions Act. CAMH also supports the announcement of a national
drug strategy to situate the response to drug use within a broader health
framework. More....
May 5, 2003
Ten Years of Honouring Courageous Ontarians
for their Courage to Come Back
Seven extraordinary Ontarians will be honoured for their Courage to
Come Back from the challenges of living with mental illness and addiction
at a gala awards dinner, which will feature an address by The Honourable
James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Hosted by the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation, and presented by RBC Investments,
the Tenth Anniversary Courage to Come Back Awards Dinner takes place
Thursday, May 15, 2003 at the Westin Harbour Castle Conference
Centre. Contact: Jean Geary, 416 535-8501, ext. 4395 or Bonnie Perry,
416 535-8501, ext. 4220.
May 5, 2003
Media Advisory: Interview
Opportunity: Expert Available to Address Anxiety Concerns Regarding SARS
and West Nile Virus
Due to recent public health concerns such as SARS and West Nile Virus,
CAMH has arranged for Dr. Neil Rector, Head of CAMH's Anxiety Disorders
Clinic, and a number of other experts to be available to answer questions
on mental health, anxiety and coping with fear. This is being organized
as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, May 5 - 11, 2003.
 PDF of this release
May 2, 2003
Media Advisory: Winners
of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's Wall Competition to be
Announced
CAMH will announce the winners of their Open Ideas Competition
at a reception to be held on Monday, May 5th, 2003. Over 120
entries have been received for the contest. The contest invited submissions
and offered prizes for the most innovative ideas about how the historic
wall along Shaw Street at the eastern edge of CAMH's 1001 Queen Street
West property could be incorporated into CAMH's proposed redevelopment
of the property.
March 27, 2003
Location Change for Celebration
of Research Project for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth
(Toronto, Ontario - March 28, 2003) The celebration of the completion
of a seven-month research project aimed at reducing violence and building
strong youth and future leaders among African Canadian and Caribbean
youth will now be held at the Ashanti Room, 836 Bloor Street West
at the intersection of Shaw and Bloor. At the event, youth will
showcase yoga, poetry, dance and song. The keynote speaker is Audette
Shephard, Chair, United Mothers Opposing Violence Everywhere (UMOVE).
More
March 3, 2003
Kids, Drugs and Cars: Alcohol,
Cannabis and Driving Among Ontario Students
As many students drive after using cannabis as drive after drinking
alcohol according to a study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH) published in the March 4th issue of the Canadian Medical
Association Journal.
February 12, 2003
Call for Entries for Innovative
Design Competition for the historic wall along Shaw Street at 1001 Queen
St. West
Artists, designers, historians, people who have experienced the mental
health system and members of the public are all invited to help determine
the future of the historic wall that runs along the east side of the
property of the 1001 Queen Street site of the Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health (CAMH).
January 23, 2003
PREGNETS.ORG
New Website to help Pregnant and Postpartum Women Stop Smoking
Up to one-quarter of pregnant women in Ontario smoke. The first website,
www.pregnets.org, providing support for these
women and those who are postpartum and their health providers was launched
today by PREGNETS, a coalition of groups dedicated to preventing gestational
and neonatal exposure to tobacco smoke.
More...
/ PDF
January 20, 2003
Canada s First Multicultural and Multilingual Memory Clinic for
People with Alzheimer Disease and Dementia
An estimated 1 in 13 or 364,000 Canadians over the age of 65 have Alzheimer
Disease or a related dementia. Many of these individuals have a mother
tongue other than English. Providing assessment and treatment for people
from diverse ethnoracial and multicultural backgrounds will now be improved
as the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) launches Canada's
first Multicultural Multilingual Memory Clinic.
More...
/ PDF
January 1, 2003
Link Between Serotonin and Suicide Found with
New Brain Imaging Methods
Not all people with clinical depression have
low serotonin levels according to a study published in the January issue
of The American Journal of Psychiatry.
More...
/ PDF
2002
December 16, 2002
More Canadian Students Drink,
but American Students Drink More Heavily: Comparing Alcohol Use in Canada
and the U.S.
December 16, 2002. For Immediate Release -- More Canadian students
drink alcohol but American students drink more according to the first
comparison of national alcohol studies among university/college students
published this month in the journal Addiction.
More...
/PDF
Highlights from the First National
Comparison of Alcohol Use among U.S. and Canadian College Students
PDFversion
December 9, 2002
CAMH Supports General Direction
of Special Committee on Non-Medical Use of Drugs Interim Report
"We strongly support the CommitteeÌs emphasis on harm reduction
and the development of a national drug strategy...We agree that this
strategy should be one that recognizes the four "pillars"
--treatment, harm reduction, prevention and enforcement and it must
define the roles and accountabilities of various ministries and governments."
More...
/PDF
October 10, 2002
Stratford becomes first
Safer Bars Community
The City of Stratford will receive an award for
involvement in innovative program to reduce aggression and injury in
bars, becoming the first city in Canada to earn certification
as a Safer Bars Community. Safer Bars is a training program developed
by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to help staff handle
problem situations in bars in order to reduce aggression and injury.
More...
/
PDF
October 7, 2002
Education for children and adolescents about forming healthy relationships
should be a public health priority in order to prevent many societal
problems including substance abuse, unsafe sex, and relationship violence,
says Dr. David Wolfe. Wolfe has been appointed the first holder of the
RBC Investments Chair in Children's Mental Health and Developmental
Psychopathology at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
More...
PDF
August 1, 2002
As we head into another summer long weekend,
images of cottages, partying and alcohol spring to mind, as do impairment,
car accidents, police and tragically far too often, death. To address
this significant public health problem, the Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health (CAMH) added its voice today to those advocating for the
reduction of the Criminal Code blood alcohol content (BAC) from 80%
mg to 50 mg%. More....
CAMH Position
on Reducing the Harms of Alcohol Related Collisions
/ PDF
July 2002
Best Advice
-- Reducing The Harms Of Alcohol Related Collisions
/ PDF
July 2002
June 7, 2002
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Recommends
Converting Cannabis Possession to Civil Offence and other Harm Reduction
Strategies in Presentation to The Senate Special Committee on Illegal
Drugs
Cannabis possession
should be converted to a civil offence,
Dr. Paul Garfinkel, President and CEO, Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health (CAMH) recommended in his presentation before the Senate Special
Committee on Illegal Drugs in Windsor today. More...
May 31, 2002
Reform of Medicare Needs to Include People who
Experience Mental Illness and Addiction Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health Recommends to Romanow Commission
Appearing before the Commission
on the Future of Health Care in Canada, Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) President and CEO Dr. Paul Garfinkel
urged the Romanow Commission to ensure that the future of health care
include in its core, services for people who experience mental illness
and addiction. More...
May 9, 2002
In the thirteen months after it was
introduced, OntarioÌs Administrative DriverÌs Licence
Suspension (ADLS) Law resulted in a 17% reduction in the proportion
of fatally injured drivers who have blood levels over the legal limit,
according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
(CAMH) published in the May/June issue of the Canadian Journal of Public
Health. The law requires that anyone charged with driving with a blood
alcohol level over 80 mg% or failing to provide a breath sample would
have their license suspended immediately for 90 days. More...
May 6, 2002
Violence among youth is decreasing but 25% of
students are being bullied at school, according to a new study by the
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The study, released today
to coincide with the first day of Mental Health Week, presents data
collected in 2001, changes since 1999, and trends over the past decade.
More...
April 2002
Dr. David Healy, the Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health, and the University of Toronto are pleased to announce
the settlement of all litigation and other outstanding disputes.
December 18, 2001
Of the 12,000 people who have attended Back
on Track, OntarioÌs Remedial Measures Program,
since April 1999, only one has returned to the program due to a subsequent
conviction, according to a preliminary survey of the participants of
the program managed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
on behalf of the Ministry of Health. More...
December 10, 2001
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health launched
the second phase of a multi-year public education campaign which will
reach out to the one in 10 people who struggle with problems of alcohol
misuse. The campaign, entitled "There is Help÷.There is
Hope", aims to remove the barriers impeding people from seeking
treatment for addictions and mental health problems. more...
November 19, 2001
The 2001 OSDUS is the first survey to show no
dominant increases in drug use since 1991. More...
October 9, 2001
Press Release: Ecstasy and club drug
studies released along with education campaign aimed at assisting overdose
victims
More than 200,000 people in Ontario have used
ecstasy at least once in their lifetime according to a new study released
today by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). / PDF
MDMA Backgrounder
/ PDF
CAMH Monitor eReport:
Addiction and Mental Health Indicators Among Ontario Adults, 1977-2000
Emergency Department Study Findings
Backgrounder / PDF
May 7, 2001
Mental Health of Youth in
Ontario: A Good News/Bad News Scenario
One third of school students report impaired
mental health according to a study released for the first time today
by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The Mental
Health and Well-Being of Ontario Students Report, released during
Mental Health Week, presents data from 1999, as well as trends from
the past decade...
February 2001
RBC InvestmentsÌ $2 Million
Gift to Support the Mental Health of CanadaÌs Children
"Providing mental health care to a child
can often prevent a lifetime of suffering"
October 2000
 There is Help,
There is Hope Campaign Launch
Social Stigma Cited as Top Reason Why People Don't
Seek Treatment for Depression -- Former Toronto Maple Leaf hockey star
speaks out in time for World Mental Health Day. October 2000.
July 2000
Ecstasy Use Depletes Brain's Serotonin
Levels. July 24, 2000.
March 2000
First National Study of Drug
Use Among University Students Released by the Centre for Addiction and
Mental Health Shows "Heavy" Drinking to be a Significant Concern.
March 29, 2000.
March 2000
Future
of gambling forecasted in new Canadian gambling e-journal --
March 2000.
 
January 2000
Coupling of Brain Proteins May Prompt
New Treatments for Schizophrenia, Addiction: Study. January 19, 2000.
November 1999
Canada's Only Drug Treatment Court Celebrates
Successful First Year
November 26, 1999
Major New Initiative in Schizophrenia
November 24, 1999
Drug Use Among Ontario Students
on the Rise According to CAMH -- New Virtual Product Helps Address the
Problem -- November 15, 1999
June 1999
A Drug and Alcohol-Free Zone for Participants
of Pride Day 1999--June 1999
Media Advisory: New Study Addresses
Growing Problem of Misuse of Medication and Alcohol Among Ethnic Seniors
-- June 15, 1999
National Conference on Best Practices
and
Mental Health Reform -- April 22, 1999
May 1999
New International Designation Promises
Benefits to Ontario's Mental Health and Addiction Systems - May 27, 1999
Centre for Addiction and Mental
Health designated a Centre of Excellence by the World Health Organization
-- May 27, 1999
Telepsychiatry Gives Underserviced
Communities Access to Leading Edge Psychiatric Knowledge -- May 12, 1999
Seven Ontarians Honoured for Their Courage
to Come Back-- May 4, 1999
January 1999
Homelessness Can No Longer Be Ignored--January
12, 1999
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