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Machines can detect depression in a child's speech

A machine learning algorithm can detect signs of anxiety and depression in the speech patterns of young children, potentially providing a fast and easy way of diagnosing conditions that are difficult to spot and often overlooked in young people. If undiagnosed, they can lead to an increased risk…

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Ontario gov't adding mental health + addictions services in schools, communities and health centres across the province

Great piece of Monday morning news. 

This morning, Minister Elliott announced announce an additional $174 million in funding to address the critical gaps in Ontario's system and to support patients and families living with mental health and addictions challenges.

This year'…

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Perseverance toward life goals can fend off depression, anxiety, panic disorders

People who don't give up on their goals (or who get better over time at not giving up on their goals) and who have a positive outlook appear to have less anxiety and depression and fewer panic attacks, according to a study of thousands of Americans over the course of 18 years. Surprisingly, a…

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MPA project, TECC-Y, helps youth through web-based platform

CAMH has teamed up with Trillium Health Partners and SickKids to launch a two-year pilot project, funded by the Medical Psychiatry Alliance (MPA), aiming to help youth with first-episode psychosis (FEP). The Technology-Enabled Collaborative Care for Youth (TECC-Y) project, brings together an…

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Supporting Grieving Children, Youth and Families

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

It's not too late to gain the skills to provide evidence-based to support children, youth, and families grieving the dying, or death of someone they care about.

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Ontario Budget- Alcohol Policy

With the 2019 Ontario budget came many changes to alcohol policy.

 Current research by Myran shows why Ontarians should be concerned about these changes.

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All evidence is not created equal: New study on alcohol during pregnancy

A new study with a press release that claims "No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers" was published on Friday.

In this study, they did brain scans of "21 healthy teenage subjects and 19 subjects with prenatal alcohol exposure" (PAE). They found that…

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2 days left to register for Dr. Steven Shapiro's AEDP workshop at the early bird rate.

The workshop, "Transforming Resistance in an Accelerated Manner: Working with the Challenges of Defense & Anxiety,” will be taking place on June 1, 2019, at Oakham House, Ryerson University.  Please see the attached flyer for more information on this workshop.

To…

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Community Treatment Orders (CTO) Online Course  - Now available for CTO coordinators and physicians!  

EENet's new online course aims to increase knowledge and awareness of CTOs for CTO coordinators and physicians in Ontario. The course consists of five interactive modules that include learning activities, videos, and case studies on the following topic areas:

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Mental health app might share your data without telling you

That mental health apps might share your data without telling you adds to a string of worrying revelations about what apps are doing with the health information we entrust to them.

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