Dre Cécile Rousseau mentionnée dans La Presse
COVID-19 Est-ce possible d’être (encore) résilients ?
Dr. Natasha Rajah interviewed on The Current, CBC
Understanding pandemic burnout
CBC Radio's Matt Galloway speaks with Dr. Natasha Rajah about the impact of long-term stress on our brains and memory. Listen here
Dr. Samuel Veissière mentionné dans La Presse
Le retour qui n’a pas eu lieu
…Les cégépiens et les universitaires ont été les « grands délaissés de cette crise », estime Samuel Veissière, professeur adjoint au département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill. La Presse. Lire ici
Drs. Alan Evans and Patricia Pelufo Silveira featured in McGill's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Focus
Decoding the brain: Scientists at the Ludmer Centre are tackling mental health research with a multidisciplinary, big-data approach.
Dr. Eric Latimer quoted in La Presse
Des données pour changer le portrait de l'itinérance
...Selon le Dr Latimer, il y a trois niveaux d’intervention. Le niveau primaire touche la prévention avant que survienne l’itinérance, le niveau secondaire soutient les personnes qui viennent de basculer dans l’itinérance pour qu’elles puissent s’en sortir et le niveau tertiaire allège les souffrances des personnes en situation d’itinérance.
Dr. Naguib Mechawar and the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank featured in Journal Metro
L’une des plus importantes banques de cerveaux à l’Institut Douglas
Dr. Brett Thombs quoted in National Post
'There's a lot of resilience': Why mental health is holding up to COVID-19 better than expected
…“That’s the kind of data we’re getting across the board; that at a population level we’re not seeing changes,” said Brett Thombs, a leading McGill University medical researcher. “In many ways, things are OK.”
Dr. Howard Steiger quoted in Journal de Montréal
Inquiétante augmentation des cas graves d'anorexie
...Du côté de l’Institut Douglas, on note une augmentation d’environ 20 % des requêtes d’aide, estime le chercheur et chef du Continuum des troubles de l’alimentation Howard Steiger.
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Departure of Dr. Norbert Schmitz
After over 15 years at the Douglas Research Centre, Dr. Norbert Schmitz will be leaving at the end of the month to take on a new position at the University of Tübingen, Germany. As the Director of Population-Based Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tübingen, Dr.
Brain Canada awards the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank a nearly $2.14 M Platform Support Grant
The Brain Canada Foundation has awarded the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank (DBCBB) a Platform Support Grant totaling nearly $2.14 M. These funds are provided jointly from the Brain Canada Foundation and partners of the DBCBB, including the Réseau québécois suicide, les troubles de l'humeur et troubles associés (RQSHA) and the Douglas Research Centre. The DBCBB, which is directed by Drs.
Dr. Cecilia Flores featured in Science News for Students
Teen depression linked to how the brain processes rewards
,,, All of that happens in the brain of every teen. But add in depression and you have a recipe for long-term mental-health issues. That’s because depression appears to alter how brain connections form. That’s true within the prefrontal cortex, notes Cecilia Flores. She is a neuroscientist at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Even more importantly, she adds, it’s true of links between brain regions.
Dr. Cécile Rousseau featured in CTV News
Antidepressant prescriptions for teenage girls up significantly since beginning of school year in Quebec …Dr. Cecile Rousseau, a child psychiatrist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, is not surprised about the disparity between the sexes since “girls are more vocal about their anxiety and depression,” but adds “this is worrisome news.”
Dr. Gustavo Turecki featured in Revista Pesquisa FAPESP
Interview Gustavo Turecki: Detective of the mind
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Dr. Srividya Iyer featured in Health e-News
In conversation with Dr. Srividya IyerProfessor Srividya Iyer leading ACCESS Open Minds, Canada’s largest youth mental health care services research project, speaks with us about its cutting-edge approach to speeding up access to care for young people and also about encouraging more women to pursue careers in mental health research.