Dr. Brett Thombs is the successful awardee of the CPA-CAPE Alex Leighton Award 2024. The Alex Leighton Award is a joint initiative of the Canadian Psychiatric Association (CPA) and the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology (CAPE).
Decoding the effects of early life adversity on mental health. Read more
Dr. Cecile Rousseau has been nominated as the new Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP), effective March 1, 2024.
As Director of the Division of CAP, Dr. Rousseau will work in close collaboration with the Departmental academic leadership, clinical chiefs and Research Institute Directors to manage the oversight and academic activities of the division, including education and research.
Dr. Delphine Raucher-Chéné for her project, entitled, Minds@Work for individuals with bipolar disorder and Dr. Kyle Greenway for his project, entitled, Ketamine as a Novel Treatment Option for Postpartum Depression: A Feasibility Case Series were each awarded $25,000 for their research projects relating to the implementation of clinical innovations in patient care. Congratulations!
Montreal's largest social housing project offers affordable leases to city's vulnerable. CBC
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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have released the results for the Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition. Congratulations to our researchers for their successful applications:
Dr. Mallar Chakravarty: The impact of gestational cannabis exposure on brain and behavioural development: a study spanning fetal development to adulthood
Dr. Rachel Kronick: Safer Havens: Ethnographic action research to unpack social adversity and resilience in newly arrived temporarily housed asylum seeking children and families in Quebec and Ontario
Gustavo Turecki: In pursuit of innovative mental-health treatment. Read more
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Dr. Cecilia Flores and Dr. Gabriella Gobbi were promoted to Fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Promotion of ACNP members to fellow status is based on both their scientific reputation and their contributions to the College through committee work and involvement in the Annual Meeting program. This advanced status also provides Drs. Flores and Gobbi with new opportunities to contribute to the College and share her expertise with the ACNP.
The Centre for Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Research, Training, and Intervention of the McGill University Health Centre is offering an opportunity to attend an online 15-week seminar series on CBT for all mental health workers and trainees. The Winter 2024 edition starts January 11, 2024. This program has approval from the Canadian Psychological Association to offer up to 22.5 continuing education (CE) credits for attending. The deadline to register is January 8, 2024. Details here
The Resident Awards Night took place on November 20, 2023. We would like to thank the MPRA and the Department of Psychiatry for making this a special evening where we were able to honor Faculty, Residents and Administrative Staff achievements. Congratulations to all this year’s winners!
Click here to see the list of award winners and here for nominees.
It is with sadness and fond memories that we share with you the passing of Dr. Dennis Engels, kindhearted man, sought-after supervisor, dedicated psychiatrist and esteemed teacher who, twice, received the Sigmund Freud Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Engels began working at the AMI/RVH in 1960 and diligently served the Department of Psychiatry for over 50 years. Following his retirement in 2013, the Dennis Engels Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy was established in his honour, rightfully calling attention to the admirable career of an admirable man.