Go online with CrossCurrents: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health

For Immediate Release – March 1, 2010 – (TORONTO) – CrossCurrents: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health has launched an interactive, online edition. At www.camhcrosscurrents.net, you can read about the latest developments in the mental health and addiction fields, and interact with other front-line professionals to enhance your knowledge.

It’s the next step for CrossCurrents, which since 1998 has educated front-line and allied professionals about the emerging issues in addiction and mental health. It is published by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, one of North America’s largest addiction and mental health clinical and research facilities.

Each theme-based issue features professionally written stories, personal perspectives, research summaries and debates columns that challenge readers to reflect on their practice in innovative ways.

Do you want to have your say in the debate about whether Internet addiction is a valid disorder requiring specialized treatment?
Would you like to share your experience of how social networks are blurring the lines between private and professional boundaries in clinical care?
Are you interested in learning how hospitals are changing seclusion and restraints practices that can retraumatize people with histories of trauma?

With the addition of forums, blogs and other interactive online features, CrossCurrents online lets you exchange ideas, expertise and information about topics like these.

“CrossCurrents is going online so busy practitioners can easily find the information they want, when they want it,” says executive editor, Dr. Kwame McKenzie. “People can also get involved and exchange ideas and experiences. It’s a chance to be part of a community of practitioners that spans across Canada and internationally.”

Recent themes include advances in schizophrenia treatment and research, supported employment and clinical implications of the Internet. Upcoming themes include stigma by health care professionals, men’s mental health and addiction, chronic disease management and prescription medication.

Join us at www.camhcrosscurrents.net as we evolve. Take advantage of the opportunity to share information, expertise and experience with other front-line professionals across Canada and around the world.

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Contact: Hema Zbogar
Editor, CrossCurrents
Tel. 416 595-6714
Hema_zbogar@camh.net

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in this field. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.