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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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Name: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Postpartum depression can be detected by blood test: study

A simple blood test early in pregnancy that targets DNA changes shows strong promise in predicting postpartum depression, a new study reveals.“I’ve got two kids and I know the period right after birth is very difficult,” lead researcher Dr. Zachary Kaminsky ... [Published Metronews - May 24 2013]

Entities: Postpartum Depression, Oestrogen, DNA, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Young man with schizophrenia is excelling

Vivek Ramakrishnan is doing his best to disprove any notion that a diagnosis of schizophrenia might doom a person to an unfulfilled life spent in fear, frustration and isolation.The 31-year-old has been battling inner demons off and on for many years, ... [Published Inside Halton - May 24 2013]

Entities: Schizophrenia, Waterloo (Canada), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Renaissance

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Ministry looking to BMLSS to demonstrate...

Ministry looking to BMLSS to demonstrate mental health educationBRACEBRIDGE - Students of Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary are taking part in a provincial mental health awareness initiative.“The students are going to be sharing their view of various ... [Published Huntsville Forester - May 23 2013]

Entities: Education, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Trillium

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Koninklijke DSM NV

DSM -V Expert Comment Available

/CNW/ - Today the fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V)$ will be released. Created in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association, the DSM provides descriptions and symptoms of mental illness and is used by health ... [Published Canada NewsWire - May 22 2013]

Entities: Koninklijke DSM NV, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Michael Torres, Pan American Health Organization, American Psychiatric Association

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Share Pain to Heal from Natural Disasters

Natural disaster survivors cope through faith and sharing feelings and experiences with others(dailyRx News) Natural disasters can strike any time anywhere. For those who will develop emotional issues in the aftermath, coping strategies can be important, ... [Published Daily Rx - May 22 2013]

Entities: Disasters, Disaster, Tsunami, Religion

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Walk raises awareness of Borderline Personality Disorder

next play/pause preEtobicoke GuardianAn Etobicoke couple is launching The Borderline Walk later this month to raise awareness of the mental illness that took their daughter’s life.Sasha Menu Courey was a national record-holding swimmer and Olympic hopeful ... [Published Inside Toronto - May 21 2013]

Entities: Herzing College, Casimir Gzowski, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Elizabeth Edwards

Carrying on, in our worst days

9 hours ago |Vote 0 0 We witness resilience; we are moved by others’ strength to endure their worst days and still look forwardHamilton Spectator"Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. You ... [Published Hamilton Spectator - May 18 2013]

Entities: Resilience, Amanda Lindhout, Elizabeth Edwards, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Dealing With Mental Health

Matt Galloway spoke with Ulli Watkiss, she is Toronto's City Clerk, and with Paul Martin-De Mers, he is an education specialist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. The City has partnered with CAMH to train its customer service workers how ... [Published CBC - May 16 2013]

Entities: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Matt Galloway, Workers

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Inquest could be called in Brewer death

Recommendations to the regional coroner concerning the beating death of a St. Joe's psychiatric patient at the hands of another are due today.33-year-old Tyler Valcheff pleaded guilty in the beating death of 30-year-old Michael Brewer.The incident happened ... [Published Y108 Rocks - May 10 2013]

Entities: Inquest, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Forensics

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Mental Health Matters: Aboriginals and Substance Abuse

Tamara is an Aboriginal Canadian woman who grew up in Winnipeg. Born into a family struggling with alcoholism, Tamara was raised in a series of foster homes. As a teenager, Tamara struggled with her own addiction to crystal meth, and later, to alcoho ... [Published TVO.org - May 09 2013]

Entities: Drug Abuse, Winnipeg, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Crystal Methamphetamine, Alcoholism

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Drop off your prescription drugs for safe disposal

York GuardianToronto Police Service and Toronto Public Health are urging people to drop off their expired, unused and unwanted medication at designated locations across the city on Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day Saturday, May 11.The day, recognized throughout ... [Published Inside Toronto - May 08 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Drop-off, Narcotic, Nathan Phillips, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Mental Health Week - Expert Comment Available

/CNW/ - May 6 -12, 2013 is Mental Health Week, a week designed to raise awareness and continue the conversation about mental health.This theme for this year's Mental Health Week is youth mental health, with a special focus on the key role that parents ... [Published Canada NewsWire - May 01 2013]

Entities: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Peter Szatmari, Michael Torres

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...and relevance of their faith and religion, and sought to make sense of their losses through their religious faith and beliefs," the authors wrote. "The inner strength described by some individuals that enabled them to recover from the emotional trauma of the tsunami derives from faith and religious belief."

Share Pain to Heal from Natural Disasters [Published Daily Rx - May 22 2013]

Sharlene Bosma has already stated what is going to sustain her after the most horrific death of her beloved partner. "I have a littlelittle girl at home who needs her mommy, now more than ever, to keep it together."

Carrying on, in our worst days [Published Hamilton Spectator - May 18 2013]

"What they said had the ring of truth to me. They were wise, wonderful and compassionate."

Famed journalist waxes existential [Published Mississauga News - May 17 2013]

"We administer chemotherapy in cycles and these generally last about three to four weeks. Initial treatment is in four to six cycles, which costs about Shs 5m to Shs 6m" Dr Okuku says

Tobacco-Related Illnesses Will Cost You Sh5 Million Every Three Weeks [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]

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Postpartum depression can be detected by blood ... [Published Metronews - May 24 2013]
Young man with schizophrenia is excelling [Published Inside Halton - May 24 2013]
Ministry looking to BMLSS to demonstrate... [Published Huntsville Forester - May 23 2013]
DSM -V Expert Comment Available [Published Canada NewsWire - May 22 2013]
Share Pain to Heal from Natural Disasters [Published Daily Rx - May 22 2013]
Walk raises awareness of Borderline Personality... [Published Inside Toronto - May 21 2013]
Carrying on, in our worst days [Published Hamilton Spectator - May 18 2013]
Famed journalist waxes existential [Published Mississauga News - May 17 2013]
Dealing With Mental Health [Published CBC - May 16 2013]
Tobacco-Related Illnesses Will Cost You Sh5 Mil... [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]
Uganda: Tobacco-Related Illnesses Will Cost You... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 16 2013]
Make an impact in a young life by being a Big B... [Published Inside Toronto - May 15 2013]
Drunk Driving Standards Need Toughening Says Al... [Published TickerTech.com - May 14 2013]
Get the Facts on Privatized Alcohol Sales-MADD ... [Published PR inside - May 14 2013]
Years in the making, controversial new psychiat... [Published Brandon Sun - May 13 2013]
Yorktown honours Meighen couple with community ... [Published Inside Toronto - May 11 2013]
Youth And Mental Illness: When Stigma Kills [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 11 2013]
Making the Mental Health Matters Videos [Published TVO.org - May 11 2013]
Inquest could be called in Brewer death [Published Y108 Rocks - May 10 2013]
Mental Health Matters: Aboriginals and Substanc... [Published TVO.org - May 09 2013]
Drop off your prescription drugs for safe disposal [Published Inside Toronto - May 08 2013]
Schizophrenia survivor and activist Linda Chamb... [Published Toronto Star Online - May 08 2013]
Mental health groups plead with government on n... [Published Global News Canada - May 07 2013]
Fundamental Flaws in "Not Criminally Responsibl... [Published Canada NewsWire - May 07 2013]
Mental Health Matters: Mental Health in Pop Cul... [Published TVO.org - May 07 2013]
McMaster kids hospital loses top autism researc... [Published Hamilton Spectator - May 03 2013]
Guest Post: Mental Health Matters: Spring Hope [Published TVO.org - May 03 2013]
Big Brothers Big Sisters back in the black [Published Huntsville Forester - May 03 2013]
High school student steps up to Stop the Stigma [Published Inside Toronto - May 02 2013]
Mentorship impacts kids [Published Huntsville Forester - May 02 2013]

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Little Boxes [Published TAPPED - Mar 14 2013] From the time she could talk, Maggie* has told her parents that she is a boy. She doesn’t say, “I want to be a boy.” She doesn’t say, “I feel like a boy.” She says, “I am a boy.” She tells her classmates, too. Lately—she’s in elementary school now—they’ve ...
Genetic Causes of Schizophrenia [Published Canadian BioTechnologist2.0 - Mar 06 2013] Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk genes. These findings appear in a new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). ...
The economic cost of mental illness [Published Financial Post \| Business » Executive - Feb 05 2013] Only a decade ago, to suggest mental health was a critical issue for Canadian businesses would have seemed ludicrous. That sentiment seems to be rapidly waning. With its announcement earlier this month of a national standard to help businesses put in ...
Why Aren't We Doing More to Stop Child Pornogra... [Published Slate - The XX Factor - Jan 25 2013] Talk about emotional whiplash. Two weeks ago in the New Yorker, Rachel Aviv wrote about John , a socially awkward veteran who was ensnared in an Internet child-sex sting in the late 1990s. He was convicted of persuading a child to have sex with him ...
Today’s letters: To solve Canada’s native crisi... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jan 16 2013] … a better handle on native concerns Re: Tone Down The Anger , Rex Murphy, Jan. 12. Rex Murphy states that the Harper government genuinely wants to help native communities in Canada and that viewing his administration as an adversary is counter-productive ...