Media Relations Research Annual Report 2005

Media relations

Between April 2004 and March 2005, CAMH received 1,157 media mentions and 1,116 incoming media calls. This is a six per cent increase in media mentions and an 18 per cent increase in incoming media calls over the last fiscal year.

CAMH Strategic Directions

In accordance with our mandate to become a leader in the areas of research, public policy, diversity initiatives and overarching issues, during the 2004 - 2005 fiscal period, CAMH generated or received the following number of related news items in these areas:

	Fiscal Year 2004-2005	Fiscal Year 2003-2004	Fiscal Year 2002-2003
Research	521	321	365
Public Policy	187	140	306
Ethnocultural	12	5	4
Determinants of Health	40	3	39
Youth	357	286	N/A
Diversity	22	36	N/A
Concurrent disorders	125	7	N/A

Media highlights from 2004 - 2005

• Reginald Smart: road rage research
• Ed Adlaf and Jürgen Rehm: Canadian Addiction Survey
• Joe Beitchman and Ed Adlaf: Mental Health of Youth in Ontario/Ontario Student Drug Use Survey (OSDUS)
• Norman Giesbrecht and Jürgen Rehm: alcohol research
• Stephen Kish: Parkinson's disease and gambling
• Robert Cooke: comments on deep brain stimulation for depression

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