Natural disasters, pregnancy and baby health are linked. Should Canadians be worried?
It's stressful for anyone, but some researchers have been paying particular attention to how people who are pregnant — and ultimately, their babies — are affected. As new U.S. research yet again shows a link between pregnancy during natural disasters and the eventual health of those children, experts say Canadians should take note.

La signature neurobiologique de l’impulsivité

« On savait déjà qu’un réseau de gènes était associé à l’impulsivité chez les animaux », explique en entrevue téléphonique Jose Maria Restrepo, doctorant au Programme intégré en neurosciences de l’Université McGill. En étudiant des souris, les chercheurs — sous la direction de Cecilia Flores, professeure titulaire au Département de psychiatrie — avaient préalablement déterminé l’importance d’un gène, le DCC.

Pourquoi oublie-t-on ?

La Dre Rousseau veut accélérer le rapatriement d’enfants et de mères détenus en Syrie

Une psychiatre québécoise, qui contribue aux efforts visant à soutenir les enfants de femmes détenues dans des camps en Syrie pour s’être jointes à Daech, exhorte le gouvernement fédéral à accélérer leur rapatriement.
La Dre Cécile Rousseau, une psychiatre pédiatrique à l’Université McGill, dit que plus on attend, plus dur sera le processus pour tous ceux qui y sont impliqués.

Women repatriated from ISIS camps should be offered rehabilitation, not punishment: professor
For women and children returning from ISIS detention camps, reintegration into Canadian society may be a challenge — but an expert in preventing violent extremism said it's important the opportunity is provided.
"Rehab and reintegration are the keys to Canadian safety," said Dr. Cécile Rousseau, a professor of McGill University's Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry.

McGill researcher’s program aims to help marginalized young Black men to succeed
Other data shows that while 94 per cent of Black youth state that they would like to get a university degree, only 17 per cent of them do — half the rate of young Black women, who are at 34 per cent.

Dr. Gustavo Turecki received the Philippe and Maria Halphen Prize from the Académie des sciences of France. This prize was awarded during an official ceremony at the Institut de France on October 18, 2022. The Philippe and Marie Halphen Prize is awarded to support the development of research projects concerning schizophrenia and severe depression. The Halphen Grand Prize of 20,000 € is awarded to a French-speaking scientist who has contributed to the identification of environmental and biological determinants of psychotic decompensation in adolescents. Congratulations Dr.