Mental-health hospital given $100 million

TORONTO — Canada’s largest mental-health hospital has been given $100 million from an anonymous donor, with the goal of developing cures for psychiatric conditions that affect almost seven million Canadians.

The gift to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto will create the Discovery Fund to support next-generation scientists conducting research aimed at transforming care.

Hospital president and CEO Dr. Catherine Zahn said the money will be used to improve the mental health of individuals in Canada and around the world.

The fund will enable the hospital to develop the next generation of leading early- and midcareer scientists, she said.

Darrell Louise Gregersen, head of the CAMH Foundation, said: “We are eternally grateful to this donor for investing $100 million in our capacity to generate world-leading discovery.”