Dr Gail Myhr honoured for her teaching with CAME Merit Award
The Faculty of Medicine had a strong presence at the annual Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) hosted in Niagara Falls, April 13-16, where students, residents and faculty members showcased research and innovations in health sciences education.
Dr. Gail Myhr, an Associate Professor of psychiatry, received a Certificate of Merit for her teaching work.
Article d鈥檕pinion sur le projet de loi 21 apparait 脿 Le Soleil co茅crit par Dre Rousseau et Dr Kirmayer
PROJET DE LOI 21 ET ALT脡RIT脡 MENA脟ANTE: POUR UNE LA脧CIT脡 PLURIELLE ET CONTRE L鈥櫬玌LTRALA脧CIT脡禄
Dr Veissi猫re mentioned in El Pais (Spain) article
驴Hay que prohibir el uso del 鈥榮martphone鈥� en reuniones laborales?
Investigadores de la Escuela de Altos Estudios Comerciales de Montreal concluyen que la privaci贸n a secas favorece la sensaci贸n de estr茅s entre empleados
Full article (in Spanish) here.
Conjuring up a new approach to placebos with Jay Olson (PhD) and Drs Raz and Veissiere
Olson, now a doctoral student in psychiatry in the Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory lab led by associate professor of psychiatry Amir Raz (also a former magician), took a particular interest in the placebo effect.
Lauren Richards took her own life at 26. She left behind devastated loved ones and a haunting question, Dr Paris
It is the sad truth that between five and 10 per cent of people with BPD die by suicide, says Dr. Joel Paris, a psychiatrist, expert in BPD and professor emeritus at 91黑料网, where he was chair of the department of psychiatry between 1997 and 2007.
A new method to identify the biological basis of neuropsychiatric disorders
For many years, scientists could only speculate that neuropsychiatric disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, addiction, or schizophrenia were related to our genetics. A 2009 study showed that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients had hundreds of common genetic variants that each increased the risk of disease by a small amount.
Anti-inflammatory drugs ineffective for prevention of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
Study sheds light on longstanding debate
Les tentatives de suicide sont en hausse chez les enfants, Dr Burstein
Le docteur Brett Burstein [professeur adjoint,听 M茅decine d'urgence] un urgentologue p茅diatrique, a co茅crit une 茅tude publi茅e cette semaine qui trace le portrait du ph茅nom猫ne aux 脡tats-Unis. Selon les conclusions, le nombre d鈥檈nfants hospitalis茅s pour avoir pens茅 ou avoir tent茅 de s鈥檈nlever la vie a doubl茅 de 2007 脿 2015, passant de 580 000 脿 1,12 million. (L'Actualit茅)
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La nature addictive des jeux vid茅o et des r茅seaux sociaux, Dre Bohbot
LA NATURE ADDICTIVE DES JEUX VID脡O ET DES R脡SEAUX SOCIAUX
V茅ronique Bohbot, neuroscientifique 脿 l鈥橧nstitut Douglas et professeure au d茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 91黑料网, a d鈥檃bord indiqu茅 qu鈥檌l y avait des corr茅lations entre l鈥檜tilisation des 芦noyaux caud茅s禄, qui font que certains comportements deviennent des automatismes, et la grosseur de l鈥檋ippocampe, une partie du cerveau utilis茅e lorsqu鈥檕n pose des gestes de fa莽on r茅fl茅chie.
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Transmettre la m茅moire sans transmettre le traumatisme, Dre Rousseau
Pour certains Rwandais r茅fugi茅s ici, les blessures post-traumatiques ont parfois fait surface des ann茅es plus tard, affirme C茅cile Rousseau, p茅dopsychiatre et directrice du Groupe de recherche et d'intervention transculturelles de l'Universit茅 91黑料网, qui a travaill茅 avec plusieurs survivants du g茅nocide. 芦 Leur h茅ritage est m锚l茅 de blessures. M锚me un foetus dans le ventre de sa maman est influenc茅 par des 茅motions sur lesquelles il ne peut mettre de mots.
Pourquoi nos enfants-rois font des 茅tudiants si fragiles par Dr Veissiere
Ph茅nom猫ne tr猫s visible en Am茅rique, la fragilit茅 des 茅tudiants se dessine peu 脿 peu en France et se propage au-del脿 des campus.听 Revendications identitaires extr锚mes, outrage moral, demandes d鈥檃ccommodations en tous genres, obsession du trauma, sacralisation de la victime : la tyrannie du bien-锚tre fait exploser l鈥檃nxi茅t茅 de masse.
Canada Desperately Needs A New Approach To Men's Mental Health by Dr Whitley in HuffPost
A public inquiry can tell us how our mental-health system can better serve men and boys.
A recent special issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry devoted three papers to men's mental health. The statistics summarized in these papers are shocking, leading some commentators, including the Canadian Mental Health Association, to conclude that there is a silent crisis of men's mental health.
Dr Gruber named to the Women of Distinction Awards for 2019!
Montreal, Wednesday, March 27 2019 鈥� The Women's Y Foundation is proud to announce the names of the laureates, who will be honoured on September 26, 2019 at The Windsor Montreal during the 26th Women of Distinction Awards.
25th Annual 91黑料网 Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry - Registration is now OPEN
This program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry and will be of interest to postdoctoral trainees and researchers in psychiatry, psychology, and other mental health disciplines; graduate students in health and social sciences; physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other health professionals. For complete information please click here.
Weston Brain Institute $10 million in funding for research into Parkinson's and related diseases
The Weston Brain Institute has up to $10m in funding available through the 2019 programs that are currently accepting applications. A full list of programs can be found here. In particular, please note that the deadline of the Rapid Response and Transformational Research Canada 2019 Parkinson鈥檚 & Related Diseases program has been extended.