Tag: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Inside “The Maze”: New Campaign for CAMH Highlights Barriers in Accessing Mental Health Care

Stuart Mitchell

Seeking mental health support shouldn’t feel like navigating a maze. Yet for too many people, that’s the experience they face— long waitlists, endless voicemails, confusing referrals, or being told you don’t meet the eligibility criteria. Instead of finding care, people are met with dead ends. This difficult reality is the foundation for The Maze, a new campaign from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) that calls attention to barriers in care and mobilizes donor support. The campaign builds on the success of CAMH’s record-breaking $600 million fundraising platform…

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CAMH Wants to Ensure No One is Left Behind

Stuart Mitchell

Against the backdrop of a growing mental health crisis, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is putting a stake in the ground by launching the world’s largest fundraising campaign to support hospital-based mental health research, starting with a new advertising platform: “No one left behind.”  It couldn’t be coming at a more critical time.  According to the World Health Organization, more than 450 million people—including 6.7 million Canadians—are struggling with mental illness, making it the leading cause of disability worldwide. More than half of Canadians will have dealt…

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