$5-million gift boosts mental health & addictions research

The Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has received a $5-million gift from Raymond Chang, chair of CI Financial and chancellor of Ryerson Univ. The money will be used to further research and education into the treatment of mental health and addictions. The funding will support a $38-million project enabling CAMH to focus on brain imaging and genetics for schizophrenia, mood disorders, addictions, neuroimaging, neuroscience and pharmacognetics. The project is also supported by a $2.8-million grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The gift is part of the CAMH Foundation campaign to raise $15 million from the private sector....