New training program TEACH’es strategies to help people quit smoking

For Immediate Release – June 22, 2007 (TORONTO) – The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is celebrating the opening of the state-of-the-art TEACH Leaning Centre in Toronto’s Discovery District with an open house on June 26, 2007 at 5:30 pm at 175 College Street.

While comparable programs exist in a few elite American hospitals, the TEACH Project is the first of its kind in Canada, providing clinicians with intensive professional education in effective smoking cessation care and treatment. The new facility’s multimedia capabilities enable training to be provided through simulations, video- and web-conferencing, telepsychiatry, as well as classroom-based instruction.

WHAT: Ribbon cutting and open house for the launch of the TEACH Learning Centre

WHEN: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 5:30 pm

WHERE: 175 College St, Toronto, 3^rd Floor

We also invite media to visit the TEACH Learning Centre on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 to observe training sessions in progress.

PHOTO OPS:

Ribbon Cutting, Open House, Speakers, including:

Dr. Paul Garfinkel, President and CEO, CAMH

Jean Lam, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health Promotion

Dr. Peter Selby, Clinical Director, Addictions Programs, CAMH

Therapists who have received the training and clients who have quit successfully will also be present.

To attend or schedule an interview, please contact Kirk LeMessurier, Manager, Public Affairs, CAMH at 416 535 8501 ext. 6631

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is one of the leading addiction and mental health organizations in North America and Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital. CAMH is a Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, and is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. CAMH combines clinical care, research, policy, education and health promotion to transform the lives of people impacted by mental health and addiction issues.