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The Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH is excited to announce the upcoming CARIBOU CBT Training Course for Facilitators, an interactive, evidence-based program designed to enhance your ability to treat depression in children and youth (ages 13-24). This training…

Sharing on behalf of Graham Woodward, Vice President and Dr. Paul Kurdyak, Vice President, Clinical, Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence (MHA CoE) 

The Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence (MHA CoE) is recruiting members for two of their provincial advisory…

It is encouraging to see a team at Ontario Health dedicated now to developing care standards for it.  What is still lagging is our awareness of menopause as a factor in both mental health and addiction.  Research is growing in this area.  Below are a few recent journal articles.…

The Centre for Mindfulness Studies is hosting another FREE mindfulness-based program for frontline staff, caregivers, and healthcare providers THIS FALL. This six-week mental health and mindfulness program was designed to help develop and sustain emotional well-…

On October 22, 2024, a webinar about the link between co-occurring addiction problems and youth bipolar disorder and the brain science behind this association was co-hosted by the Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder (CYBD) at CAMH with EENet in the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) at the…

Alexithymia is the reduced or inability to identify and describe one's emotions. When asked to describe feelings, people with alexithymia will more often describe the physical corporeal response to the feeling, rather than the complex emotion itself.  Prior research has linked alexithymia…

Our team at the Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions is thrilled to unveil the latest edition of our implementation toolkit (Moving ideas into action: An implementation toolkit).

Two researchers from the Université de Montréal Faculty of Medicine, Graciela Pineyro and Tomas Paus, have published their study this month which links Cannabis use to a thinning of the cerebral cortex in adolescents.  

Cells and Molecules Underpinning Cannabis-Related Variations in…

While many organizations have started to pay attention to diversity, equity and inclusion, they often don’t consider neurodiversity as an important aspect of these efforts. “Neurodiversity” refers to variations in how people’s brains work. We generally refer to neurodivergent individuals as…

According to their website Menopause, Health Quality Ontario is establishing quality standards for menopause care, with the work beginning this month.  Menopause has many mental health, workplace, and broader economic implications, so this is a terrific step forward! Check out the Menopause…