Dr. Araba Chintoh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is a Clinician Scientist at the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She provides care for patients in crisis in the Gerald Scheff and Shanitha Kahan Emergency Department – Canada’s sole, stand-alone, psychiatric emergency department.
She has over 20 years’ experience as a scientist with skills ranging from the laboratory bench to the bedside. Her clinical work is focused on patients with complex, severe and persistent mental illness.
Away from work, Dr. Chintoh consults with international sports federations on matters of player welfare and is a passionate advocate for fluency in mental health, addictions and psychological safety in the sporting and work environments.