CAMH Knowledge Exchange gives you quick access to the best available online information, tools and resources. As it evolves, KnowledgeX will also provide opportunities to collaborate and communicate with other addiction and mental health professionals. More about the site. 

Featured topic: Tough guise: Reaching out to men

Whose health should we worry about most – men’s or women’s? Feminists have long called for more sensitive and appropriate health care for women, so if a gender perspective reveals inequities for women, it can also identify areas of concern for men. The Summer 2010 issue of CrossCurrents: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health examines the male experience of masculinity, mental health and addiction problems and help-seeking.

Featured news, tools and resources

CAMH Addictions Program Clinical Day: Opening Doors to Effective Treatment

The CAMH Addictions Program Clinical Day on Friday, September 24, 2010 is designed to provide education and training on evidence-based practices in addictions treatment while sharing information about enhancing access to addictions services. We invite health care practitioners and community partners to join us for an interactive learning experience where information-sharing, dialogue and networking will take place. Read the event PDF for more information.

A new blog: Ask the Ethicist
In this new CrossCurrents blog, Barbara Russell, bioethicist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, discusses ethical issues that arise in the mental health and addiction fields. Join in the discussion of topics such as practical approaches to everyday ethics, the ethics of stigma and discrimination, and using telvision programs to teach health care ethics.

Overview of smoking cessation
An overview of treatment options for smoking cessation, including counselling, pharmacotherapy, self-help and complementary/alternative approaches. Includes a description of smoking cessation programs and the tailoring of cessation approaches for specific populations, as well as links to additional resources.

Policy research update
A weekly update of news, articles and events focused on mental health and addiction public policy and research.

Addiction and mental health specialists: Resources for clients and their families
Online resources to use with, or give to, clients and their loved ones.

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