A Collaboration of Mental Health Stakeholders
The Alberta Addiction & Mental Health Research Partnership Program is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral collaboration of addiction and mental health service providers, research institutions, government ministries, non-profit organizations, and others who work together to advance mental health research and translate evidence into practice. Our partners recognize that addiction and mental health research is crucial in improving the mental wellbeing of Albertans. Read more »
Alberta Centennial Addiction and Mental Health Research Chairs Program
A worldwide search to recruit a second Alberta Centennial Addiction and Mental Health Research Chair has ended successfully. Read more about Dr. Kathy Aitchison.
The Annual Report of Dr. Jean Addington, the Child and/or Adolescent Mental Health Research Chair, is now available for download here.
Knowledge Notes
A new Knowledge Note is now available on the topic of remediation of cognitive functioning in schizophrenia.
Knowledge Notes are a series of publications through the Research Partnership Program. Knowledge Notes are brief 3-page summaries of current research in specific areas of addiction and mental health.
Read them here.
Knowledge Translation Planning Tools
Are you not sure how to add knowledge translation into your research project? Take a look at our KT planning tools. Read more.
Collaborative Research Grant Initiative: Mental Wellness in Seniors and Persons with Disabilities
Recipients of the final round of Ideas fund grants have been announced. Grant recipients are listed here
Mollie Cole from Alberta Health Services, an Ideas Fund grant recipient, has completed her project titled, “Promoting Early Identification and Prevention of Delirium in at Risk Older Adults through an Understanding of the Learning Needs of Individuals Who Have Personally Experienced Delirium.” Her final report can be found
here.
CRGI Resource Directory
The CRGI Resource Directory has been launched! The CRGI Resource Directory is a searchable, web-based repository of resources related to mental wellness of seniors and persons with disabilities including, but not limited to published literature, websites, organizations, and professional development information.
Take a look at the Directory here
CRGI SNAPSHOTS
A new series of publications through the Collaborative Research Grant Initiative (CRGI) entitled "CRGI Snapshots" is now available. CRGI Snapshots are brief 2-page summaries of current Alberta research in seniors and persons with disabilities. Read them here.