Taking down the walls around mental health care
With the world continuing to face the challenges of a pandemic, we are becoming more attuned to our own mental wellness and that of the people around us. As World Mental Health Day approaches on October 10, we recognize the increased importance of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in its field. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. Photo courtesy of Stantec
At their Queen Street campus just west of Toronto?s downtown core, CAMH has been carrying out a multi-phased Master Plan since 2001, taking down walls ? metaphorically and physically – while strengthening ties with the local neighbourhood. The goal" To normalize and destigmatize mental health care.
The latest phase
As a reinvigorated modern academic health sciences centre, the project includes 235 inpatient beds, outpatient treatment, research, and education elements as well as a public urban park on Queen Street, and a more secluded landscaped campus public space set back one block.
Photo courtesy of Stantec
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