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  "description": "The COVID-19 and Mental Health Initiative (CMH) is a Canadian federal research program of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA). CMH is described a \"a proactive response to provide urgent knowledge and evidence to support decision-making throughout the mental health responses to the pandemic.\"[1]\n\n\n\nHistory\n\n\nINMHA developed the COVID-19 and Mental Health Initiative in response to the declared COVID-19 pandemic.[1:1]\n\n\n\nParticipants\n\n\nThree working groups were estab",
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    "BC COVID-19 Strategic Research Advisory Committee",
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  "textContent": "The **COVID-19 and Mental Health Initiative (CMH)** is a Canadian federal research program of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA). CMH is described a \"a proactive response to provide urgent knowledge and evidence to support decision-making throughout the mental health responses to the pandemic.\"[1]\n\n## History\n\nINMHA developed the COVID-19 and Mental Health Initiative in response to the declared COVID-19 pandemic.[1:1]\n\n## Participants\n\nThree working groups were established, comprised of staff from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The working groups specifically included representatives from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, Institute of Aging (IA), Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH), Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR), Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH), Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health (IIPH), Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), and Mental Health Commission of Canada.[2]\n\nName | Position | Notes\n---|---|---\nSamuel Weiss | Expert Advisory Panel Co-Chair[3] | Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA), Cumming School of Medicine, Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI)\nCatherine Zahn | Expert Advisory Panel Co-Chair[3:1] | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, American Academy of Neurology\nStéphane Bouchard | Expert Advisory Panel[3:2] | University of Quebec in Outaouais Department of Psychoeducation and Psychology, Laboratoire de Cyberpsychologie de l'UQO\nPenny Corkum | Expert Advisory Panel[3:3] | Dalhousie University Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Department of Psychiatry, Colchester Regional Hospital, IWK Health Centre\nHeather Hadjistavropoulos | Expert Advisory Panel[3:4] | University of Regina, Online Therapy Unit, Regina Health District\nKim Hellemans | Expert Advisory Panel[3:5] | Carleton University Department of Neuroscience\nMae Katt | Expert Advisory Panel[3:6] | -\nPerry Kendall | Expert Advisory Panel[3:7] | BC COVID-19 Strategic Research Advisory Committee, Insite, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, British Columbia Ministry of Health\nSuzanne King | Expert Advisory Panel[3:8] | Douglas Research Centre, McGill University Department of Psychiatry\nPaul Kurdyak | Expert Advisory Panel[3:9] | Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (IMHPR), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)\nKwame McKenzie | Expert Advisory Panel[3:10] | Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, Wellesley Institute, Black Scientists' Task Force on Vaccine Equity, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry, National Advisory Council on Poverty (NACP)\nCheryl Regehr | Expert Advisory Panel[3:11] | University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Institute of Medical Science\nJitender Sareen | Expert Advisory Panel[3:12] | Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, University of Manitoba Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba Department of Community Health Sciences\nSuzanne Stewart | Expert Advisory Panel[3:13] | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC), Indigenous Education Network (IEN), Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)\nYanbo Zhang | Expert Advisory Panel[3:14] | University of Alberta Department of Psychiatry\n\n### Funding\n\nCMH has been funded by:[1:2]\n\n  * Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)\n  * Government of Canada\n  * Health Canada\n  * Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research\n  * New Brunswick Health Research Foundation\n  * Ontario Ministry of Health\n  * Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care\n  * Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)\n  * Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF)\n\n\n\n## External links\n\n  * Website\n\n\n\n* * *\n\n  1. _COVID-19 and Mental Health (CMH) Initiative: About._ (2021, September 15). Canadian Institutes of Health Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20260320211352/https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52002.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎\n\n  2. _COVID-19 and Mental Health (CMH) Initiative: Working groups._ (2020, June 17). Canadian Institutes of Health Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710014855/https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52002.html ↩︎\n\n  3. _COVID-19 and Near-Term Research : Expert Advisory Panel (EAP)_. (2020, September 30). Canadian Institutes of Health Research. https://web.archive.org/web/20260122005114/https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52003.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎\n\n\n",
  "title": "COVID-19 and Mental Health Initiative",
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