Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Launches On-Line Support For People Dealing with the Stress of SARS (Canada)
June 16 CAMH press release - "An online web-assisted support group for people dealing with the stress of SARS ... was launched today by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ... Dr. Peter Selby, Head of CAMH's Nicotine Dependence Clinic and Assistant Professor, Departments of Family and Community Medicine, Public Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Toronto .... envisions the web site as being used by people who are in quarantine; patients in isolation who have SARS but who are well enough to use a computer and who have little support because contact is limited due to restrictions; and members of the public who are feeling stressed by the SARS situation and who want to educate themselves on ways to cope with the stress." See also the SARS Support Centre web site, which has resources for both healthcare professionals and the public, including online support groups.