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CAMH Connexions

Fall 2006

International visitors to CAMH

CAMH and the Municipality of Puente Alto, Chile were proud co-sponsors of a Train-the-Trainer program to strengthen mental health and addiction services in primary care in Chile. As well, a nurse, a psychiatrist, and a psychologist from the Brazilian states of Fortaleza and Mino Gerais participated in this training. CAMH's Office of International Health organized this program, which was accredited by Continuing Education of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

L-R: Train-the-Trainer program participants - Viviana Del Sagrado Corazon Sagredo Casilla, Luiz Claudio Bicalho, Maria Isabel Guerra Lopez, Ana Rosa Valdes Perez, Ximena Paz Candia Corvalan, Luz Maria Montalva Herrera, Maria Cristina Lorena Jara Lara, Marcelo Brandt Fialho, Pedro Pinheiro Camara.

CAMH also partnered with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS), to host a two-month training institute, aimed at building drug-related research capacity in Latin America. The Department of Public Health Sciences at U of T was also a partner in this collaboration, which was supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT).

During this institute, academic health professionals representing 10 universities and seven countries gained a great deal of evidence-based knowledge and experience in the "International Research Capacity-Building Program for Health and Related Professionals to Study Drug Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean." Dr. Louis Gliksman and Akwatu Khenti were CAMH co-chairs, along with Dr. Gloria Wright from CICAD.

Learning at CAMH

Learning Essentials about Active living and Nutrition (LEAN) teaches people recovering from psychosis how to use Canada's Food Guide, maintain a healthy diet, and budget for food. It's one of 10 programs offered by CAMH's Learning Employment Advocacy Recreation Network (LEARN), a service assisting people who have had a first episode of psychosis, reintegrate into their communities.

The most unique art show on Queen West

This year's Being Scene art show opened on June 29, to great acclaim. Produced by Workman Arts, Being Scene is a professionally juried art exhibition featuring more than 60 works of visual art created by current or former clients of CAMH. The works, which may be purchased, are on display throughout the halls of CAMH's Queen Street, College Street, and Russell Street sites until June, 2007. Staff, clients, and the public can take a self-guided tour of the exhibit at all three sites, seven days a week. Tour maps and price lists are inside the official exhibit catalogues, which are available from self-serve stands at the Queen Street site or from the security desks at the other sites.