Graduate Excellence Fellowship in Mental Health Research Award
Congratulations to all the students who received a Graduate Excellence Fellowship in Mental Health Research Award for 2020-2021!
Olivia Norrm茅n-Smith (Supervisor: Dr. Suparna Choudhury & Dr. Laurence Kirmayer)
Dietta Chihade (Supervisor: Dr. Marie-Jos茅e Fleury)
Philippe Hwang (Supervisor: Dr. Lily Hechtman)
Tiffany Harrington-Ashoona (Supervisor: Dr. Ian Gold)
Eleni Sofouli (Supervisor: Dr. Myra Piat)
Dr. Laurence Kirmayer awarded the Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Kirmayer on his 2020 AFTA Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award. This annual American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) award recognizes an individual for outstanding research on subjects central to the field of family therapy. Read more
Dr. Rob Whitley featured in Vancouver Sun
Rob Whitley and Brian McKenna: Tackling harmful stereotypes can promote veterans' mental health
Opinion: Veterans' social integration hampered by stereotypes based upon unfounded concerns that vets are primed to "snap." Vancouver Sun
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Dr. Alain Brunet quoted in Radio-Canada
Soutien psychosocial dans le Vieux-Qu茅bec et les 茅coles
鈥es r茅sidents du Vieux-Qu茅bec sont d'ailleurs plus susceptibles de d茅velopper un choc post-traumatique, d'autant plus que le contexte est d茅j脿 lourd en raison des mesures sanitaires en zone rouge. C'est ce qui inqui猫te le plus Alain Brunet, sp茅cialiste des chocs post-traumatiques 脿 l'Universit茅 涩里番, au lendemain des attaques.
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Drs. C茅cile Rousseau and Samuel Veissi猫re quoted in Radio-Canada
La pand茅mie et la paralysie psychique, ou pourquoi on ne r茅agit pas plus 脿 cette crise
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Dr. C茅cile Rousseau quoted in La Presse
Dates butoirs, espoir et d茅ception
鈥iser une mobilisation 脿 court terme peut susciter de l鈥檈spoir, mais aussi 芦 de grosses d茅ceptions 禄, souligne pour sa part C茅cile Rousseau, p茅dopsychiatre et professeure au d茅partement de psychiatrie 脿 涩里番. Read more
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Dr. Gustavo Turecki awarded BBRF Outstanding Achievement Prize
Dr. Gustavo Turecki, Director of the 涩里番 Group for Suicide Studies, has been named one of seven recipients of a 2020 Outstanding Achievement Prize in Mental Health, as awarded by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the world鈥檚 largest private funder of mental health research grants. 聽Read more
Dr. Patricia Silveira talks about the developing child
One of only three women on the 13-member National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the first junior faculty member, Dr. Silveira鈥檚 participation on the Council is a testament to the caliber of her research and leadership in the area of child development. Dr. Silveira recently took some time to chat with us to discuss the Council and its recent paper.
Dr. Rob Whitley featured in Psychology Today
The Pain of Loneliness and the Pleasure of Solitude
Dr. Myrna Lashley featured in Montreal Gazette
N-word deserves repugnance, but also discussion: experts
Getting to know...Dr. Cecilia Flores (Professor)
Dr. Cecilia Flores recently obtained a large grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (an institute of the US-based National Institutes of Health) to pursue her work on the effects of amphetamine on the development of the adolescent brain, specifically on increased vulnerability to psychiatric disorders. We caught up with Dr. Flores to find out more about her work. Read more
Dr. Outi Linnaranta and the NRC address unmet mental health needs in Quebec's North
Through a collaboration between Dr. Outi Linnaranta and the National Research Council of Canada, virtual reality approaches are being used to offer mental health care to isolated and remote communities in Quebec's north. Read more
Drs. Nathan Spreng, Judes Poirier, Sylvia Villeneuve and others awarded $2.7M to study loneliness and Alzheimer's disease
Led by Drs. Spreng and Bzdok, this work aims to advance our understanding of how social isolation and feelings of loneliness impact the brain and cognitive functioning in older adults.聽Read more
Incursion dans l'univers de la banque de cerveaux Douglas-Bell Canada, Dr. Naguib Mechawar, Radio-Canada
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Dr. Rob Whitley interviewed by CityNews
Loneliness growing during pandemic
Canadians are reporting higher levels of loneliness during the pandemic. Mental health professionals say people need to identify when the stress they鈥檙e feeling is normal, and what could be a sign of depression. Watch here