The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) ... Canada. Its name in French is Centre de Toxicomanie et de Santé Mentale.
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mental health clinics at several sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Its name in French is Centre de Toxicomanie et de Santé Mentale. (The
acronym CAMH is most commonly pronounced "Cam-H".)
Among the focuses of the organization are the assessment and treatment
of schizophrenia, mood & anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.
There is also a focus on addictions to alcohol, drugs, and problem
gambling at the former ARF site. CAMH also has a Law and Mental Health
Programme (forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology) and is a major
research centre.
CAMH is a teaching hospital with central facilities located in Toronto
and 26 community locations throughout the province of Ontario. CAMH is
fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American
Health Organization and World Health Organization Collaborating
Centre.
In October 2008, CAMH was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by
Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.
Later that month, CAMH was also named one of Greater Toronto's Top
Employers, which was announced by the Toronto Star newspaper.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Facilities
1.1 Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
1.2 Addiction Research Foundation
1.3 Donwood Institute
1.4 Queen Street Mental Health Centre
2 References
3 External links
Facilities
CAMH was formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of the Clarke
Institute of Psychiatry, the Addiction Research Foundation, the
Donwood Institute and Queen Street Mental Health Centre.[2]
] Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
CAMH College Street siteThe hospital was founded in 1966 and named the
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, after Charles Kirk Clarke, a pioneer
in mental health in Canada.
Much of their work focuses on forensic psychology and research
designed to shape public policy.[citation needed]
The former Clarke Institute building is now referred to as the College
St. site of CAMH.
Addiction Research Foundation
ARF was founded in 1949. H. David Archibald, who had studied at the
School of Alcohol Studies at Yale University, was hired by the Liquor
Control Board of Ontario in 1949. His mandate was to determine the
scope of alcoholism in Ontario. He was named executive director when
ARF opened and remained in that post until 1976. Focusing initially on
outpatient treatment, their first facility was Brookside Hospital in
1951, expanding to branch offices and new locations in 1954, the same
year they set up in-house research. In 1961, they expanded their
mission to include drugs, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research
Foundation. In 1971, they expanded to a clinical teaching hospital
called the Clinical Research and Treatment Institute. In 1978 ARF
opened the School for Addiction Studies and expanded their
international role in policy rdevelopment and research. Following
ongoing recession in the 1990s, ARF was folded in 1998 into CAMH.[3]
[edit] Donwood Institute
Beginning in 1967, it had 47 beds and a 4-month waiting list in the
1980s. Focusing on substance abuse, boasted a 65% recovery rate for
general population and an 85% recovery rate for physicians.[4]
[edit] Queen Street Mental Health Centre
This facility stands on what was once called the Provincial Lunatic
Asylum, which opened on January 26, 1850. The facility had a series of
names including the Toronto Lunatic Asylum and 999 Queen Street West.
[5]
Reforms were made after a series of deaths at the Queen Street Mental
Health Centre and newspaper accounts of involuntary drug treatment,
electroshock therapy and prison-like conditions.[6][7]
[edit] References
1.^ "Reasons for Selection, 2009 Canada's Top 100 Employers
Competition". http://www.eluta.ca/top-employer-centre-for-addiction-and-mental-health.
2.^ Scrivener, Leslie (February 25, 2007). Breakout at the asylum.
Toronto Star
3.^ Blocker JS, Fahey DM, Tyrrell IR. Alcohol and temperance in modern
history: an international encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO 2003. ISBN 1576078337
pp. 3–4.
4.^ Shilliday, Greg (May 15, 1983). The Donwood Institute: resort of
last resort. Can Med Assoc J. 1983 May 15; 128(10): 1220–1221.
5.^ Everett, Barbara (2000). A Fragile Revolution: Consumers and
Psychiatric Survivors Confront the Power of the Mental Health System.
Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0889203423
6.^ Goar, Carol (June 13, 2008). Mental health progress and
pain.Toronto Star
7.^ (January 1, 2002). No straitjacket required: a growing and vocal
group of psychiatric survivors argues that diagnosing mental disorders
is just a way to stifle social dissent ... This Magazine
External links
CAMH website
http://pcneedtogo.blogspot.com/2010/10/centre-for-addiction-and-mental-health.html