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Youth mentoring linked to many positive effects
CAMH researchers have completed the largest ever Canadian mentoring study with Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada.
The five-year study found that those with a mentor were significantly more confident in their academic abilities and less likely to display behavioural problems. Read more.
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Message from the Vice President, Research
Welcome to the first issue of CAMH Discovers, a new bulletin about the wide-ranging research underway at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Read more.
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New directions: bio-bank, optogenetics
A new bio-bank and optogenetics facilities will enhance CAMH’s ability to do cutting-edge research, thanks to a new Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) award. Read more.
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Focus on Teens: a CIHR Cafe Scientifique
From causes to cures, three CAMH scientists talk about youth mental health. Register or watch a video of speaker Dr. Robert Levitan on his gene-environment research.
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Scientists at Work |
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Understanding illness awareness
Drs. Ariel Graff and Phil Gerretsen want to know why some people don’t recognize their own mental health conditions.
Not being aware of illness - also known as anosognosia - is a major issue for many patients, especially those coping with dementia, various types of strokes and schizophrenia.
Read more.
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Building life skills in late-life schizophrenia
Having noticed that medication had little effect on changing social aspects related to schizophrenia among the older adults he treated, Dr. Rajji was inspired to start a new type of research project. Read more.
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New ways to help youth with concurrent disorders
For years, Dr. Joanna Henderson was puzzled by why the same issues kept coming up among youth with concurrent disorders. She's trying to answer this, and other questions, in her new research study. Read more.
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Research Roundup |
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Q&A with Dr. Jürgen Rehm: Lancet study shows global toll of alcohol use
For the first time, alcohol consumption is among the top three global risk factors for disease, according to The Lancet’s The Global Burden of Disease Study. CAMH's Dr. Jürgen Rehm, who contributed to the study, explains the risks of heavy drinking in an online Q&A.
Read more.
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Cannabis use, cognition and schizophrenia
Cutting out cannabis use reverses the poorer performance on memory and thought tests, in a new study of people with schizophrenia. Read more.
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Blog: How can we reduce driver anger?
Senior Scientist Dr. Stephen Kish blogs about studies published by his fellow CAMH scientists and raises some provocative questions. Read more.
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Awards & Announcements |
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Dr. Ruth Ross joins CAMH, U of T
Dr. Ruth Ross, a leading authority in cannaboid research, recently joined CAMH's Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute and the University of Toronto. Read more.
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Genetic testing to improve treatments
Patients attending a family practice clinic are being offered genetic testing to see their response psychiatric medication treatment as part of a CAMH study. Read more or watch the video.
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New brain stimulation centre opens
The Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention opened in November, thanks to a $7.4 million gift. It will house brain stimulation research. Read more or watch the video.
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