Media Advisory - Author of Memoirs of an Addicted Brain speaks at CAMH

TORONTO, March 27, 2012 /CNW/ - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) presents a talk by best-selling author Dr. Marc Lewis on March 27.

Dr. Lewis, a neuroscientist at Radbound University, the Netherlands, was addicted to drugs as a young man. His lecture will be based on his book, Memoirs of an Addicted Brain, which chronicles the story of his relationship with drugs with a revelatory analysis of what was going on in his brain.

When:  Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Time:   5:00 p.m.

Where: College St. Auditorium (Room G58), 250 College St., Toronto

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

Michael Torres, Media Relations, CAMH; [phone]