CAMH in the Media - November 2008

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) regularly provides expert information on addictions and mental health treatment, research, education and advocacy to the public through the media. Here are some recent samples of CAMH coverage. Click on the headlines below to read the full stories (external links):

La lutte contre le tabac nuit aux schizophrènes
Cyberpresse.ca - November 30, 2008

Challenges of parenting teens discussed in Belleville
Community Press Online - November 30, 2008

Darrell Gregersen: She's got the toughest job in Toronto fundraising
The Globe and Mail - November 29, 2008

Addiction/Mental Health support
Flamborough Review - November 28, 2008

Waiting for the visitors who never come
The Globe and Mail - November 27, 2008

All bets are off
Winnipeg Sun - November 27, 2008

Financial stress leads to crisis on the home front
The Globe and Mail - November 24, 2008

Now you can blame those extra pounds on the 'ice age' gene
The Globe and Mail - November 22, 2008

Gifts to end the silent treatment
Toronto Star - November 20, 2008
Other mentions: Toronto Sun, National Post, CBC Radio One, 820 AM Talk Radio Hamilton

Gift of a goat can change lives for villagers in the Sahara
Toronto Star - November 20, 2008

Discrimination Eats Away at You – and Increases your chance of Mental Illness
The Globe and Mail - November 19, 2008

Not enough doctors to care for seniors: MD
St. Catharines Standard - November 17, 2008

Presenting solutions for holiday anxiety
Town Crier Online - November 13, 2008
Other mentions: Vaughan Today

Valerie Pringle named spokesperson for CAMH’s Gifts of Light
November 10, 2008
Media mentions: Inside Toronto, Tandem Online Magazine

The good, the bad and the ugly: Modern Myths and Realities About Mental Illness
November 6, 2008
Mention: Canadian Club (video)

Surprising study on connection between anxiety or depression and gastrointestinal problems
Maclean's - November 6, 2008

Canadian film to open Rendezvous with Madness 2008
November 6, 2008
Media mentions: The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, L'Express, Now Toronto, Eye Weekly, Jewish Tribune

Region offering smokers a helping hand in kicking the habit
St. Catharines Standard - November 4, 2008
Other mentions: Welland Tribune, Huntsville Forester, Orillia Packet, Waterloo Record, Midland Free Press, Waterloo Chronicle

New Gene Discovered For New Form Of Intellectual Disability
Vivnews - November, 2008

Mental healthcare of asylum-seekers and refugees
Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - November 2008

Treatment Seeking Among Ontario Problem Gamblers: Results of a Population Survey
Psychiatryonline.org - November 2008

A Boy's Life
The Atlantic - November 2008

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