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Letter to the Public from Ontario’s Mental Health and Addiction Sector Leaders
September 25, 2020 The Honourable Doug Ford, Premier Premier's Office Room 281 Legislative Building, Queen's Park Toronto, ON M7A 1A1 Dear Premier, Yesterday, the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), along with 38 health care leaders and physicians serving largely in...

AMHO celebrates Recovery Month 2020
September 1, 2020 Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) is excited to celebrate recovery throughout the month of September. Together, we can work to stop the stigma surrounding addiction and create a recovery system that works. This Recovery Month, it has become...

Addictions and Mental Health Ontario observes International Overdose Awareness Day
August 31, 2020 Today is International Overdose Awareness Day. International Overdose Awareness Day is observed globally to acknowledge the grief felt by those who have lost loved ones to preventable overdose deaths and to end the stigma of drug-related death. “Today,...

Mental health and addictions organizations call on province for $100 million COVID-19 emergency response package
Toronto, July 30, 2020: Ontario’s leading mental health and addictions organizations including Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, The Royal, Ontario Shores, Children’s Mental Health Ontario, Canadian Mental Health...

Addictions and Mental Health Ontario launches Strategic Plan 2020-2023
Advocate. Communicate. Sustain. July 7, 2020 Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) is excited to release our Strategic Plan 2020-2023 with a refreshed vision, mission, and priorities to drive a new system of addiction and mental health where a person can access...

AMHO calls for urgent action on overdose crisis
Toronto, ON, June 17, 2020 12:00 pm: Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) is calling for urgent action to address the rising number of overdose and opioid-related deaths and the devastating impact felt by families and communities across Ontario. The COVID-19...

New research shows two-thirds of Ontarians feel that the mental health impacts of COVID-19 are going to be serious and lasting
-Half of Ontario children and youth at risk of mental health and addiction issues- Toronto, ON, May 6, 2020 12:00 pm: Timed to Mental Health Week, Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) and Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) are releasing the Ipsos Public...

Addictions and Mental Health Ontario celebrates Mental Health Week 2020
May 4, 2020 Addictions and Mental Health Ontario is proud to participate in Mental Health Week from May 4-10. This year, it is important to shine a light on staying connected to one another as we look after not only our physical health during COVID-19, but our mental...

Ontario’s community mental health and addiction agencies welcome today’s Action Plan and estimate an additional $100 million needed to help families across the province
March 25, 2020 Toronto, ON - Today’s preliminary annual increased investment by the Government of Ontario of $12 million towards mental health and addiction support for Ontario’s families, children and youth is welcome. Children’s Mental Health Ontario, Addictions and...

To be successful, Ontario’s Roadmap to Wellness needs a comprehensive and fully-funded plan to reduce wait times: combined statement from Ontario’s mental health and addiction providers
March 3, 2020 The province’s leading public providers of adult, child and youth mental health and addiction care agree that the elements of Minister Christine Elliott’s Roadmap to Wellness have the potential to transform mental health and addictions care for...