We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brian Rush, Scientist Emeritus with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, has joined the HRI team as Senior Scientist.
Read MoreMulti-year research study sheds light on addiction recovery
Since 2015, Homewood Research Institute (HRI) has partnered with Homewood Health Centre to collect data from patients who receive treatment in the Centre’s Addiction Medicine Service (AMS).
Read MoreHRI research findings featured at national addiction conference
HRI research findings were featured in three presentations at a national conference hosted in Calgary, Alberta by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) in November. The Issues of Substance Conference brings together addiction experts, policy makers and researchers to mobilize knowledge in the addiction field to address substance use in Canada. HRI […]
Read MoreInfographic: A closer look at the recovery journey
HRI has created an infographic summarizing early findings from the Post-Discharge Outcomes Monitoring System (PDO), also known to Homewood patients as the Recovery Journey Project.
Read MoreMoving toward a systematic understanding of addiction care
In 2016, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) partnered with the National Recovery Advisory Committee to conduct the first Canadian survey of people in recovery from addiction to drugs and alcohol. Modeled after Life in Recovery (LIR) surveys previously conducted in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, CCSA’s LIR study […]
Read MoreHRI releases early findings from post-discharge outcome evaluation
Does mental health and addiction treatment really work?
Read MoreHRI evaluation studies are receiving national and international attention
HRI is working with Homewood Health Centre clinicians and patients to develop a rigorous approach to program evaluation to guide improved treatment and enhance outcomes. This evaluation work has started in the Addiction Medicine Service (AMS), in collaboration with AMS leaders Dr. Harry Vedelago and Wendi Woo and the patients they serve.
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