Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (College Street site)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (College Street site) | |
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Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | |
Geography | |
Location | 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Coordinates | 43°39′29″N 79°23′56″W / 43.658°N 79.399°W |
Organization | |
Care system | Public Medicare (Canada) (OHIP) |
Type | Specialist |
Affiliated university | University of Toronto |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Speciality | Psychiatry |
History | |
Opened | 1966 | (as the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry)
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Canada |
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (College Street site) is a
drug addiction, and research designed to shape public policy
.
The hospital was originally founded in 1966 as the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, after Charles Kirk Clarke, a pioneer in mental health in Canada. In 1998, it merged with several other Ontario institutions to form the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and the facility is now called the CAMH College Street site.
CAMH's College Street and Spadina Avenue location is the only 24-hour emergency psychiatric care facility in Ontario.[1]
References
- ^ "CAMH 24-hour College Street location will likely stay". CBC News. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.