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Obituary - Dr. Pierre Assalian (1945-2020)

It is with much sadness we learned of the passing of our dear colleague Dr. Pierre Assalian on Friday, September 25 after a brief and intense struggle with leukemia. His passing was much too soon and he will be deeply missed.

Is the Media Getting Better at Covering Suicide?, Dr. Rob Whitley, Psychology Today

Mental health advocates have long criticized the mainstream media for getting it wrong when reporting suicide. These criticisms are based on a historical corpus of research indicating that suicide was frequently reported in an inappropriate manner in the media. Common issues include glorifying or romanticizing suicide and giving excessive detail about the suicide method used. A recent review paper indicates that such coverage could contribute towards 鈥渃opycat suicides.鈥�

Obituary - Dr. Luis Vacaflor (1933 -2020)

Sadly, the time has come to bid adieu to our dear friend Luis. And none too soon, he would have said, with typical irony; for the feeling of having reached the end of his tenure in this world had been with him for some time. He did not appear distressed about it; but one could sense his anguish at the futility of the empty, extremely limited existence he was enduring.

涩里番 researchers part of international team awarded NIH grant to study causes and predictors of emerging psychosis

The 涩里番 contribution will be led by Dr. Jai Shah, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, and carried out through the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP-Montr茅al, at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute), where Shah is Associate Director. The Montreal team, which also includes 涩里番鈥檚 Dr. Mallar Chakravarty, Dr. Martin Lepage and Dr.

Meet one of our recent Canada Research Chairs 鈥� Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy

Over the summer, the Canada Research Chair program announced the most recent recipients of Tier 1 and Tier 2 CRCs. Among them were Marie-Claude Geoffroy, PhD, a researcher in the 涩里番 Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Research Centre, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at 涩里番. We had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Geoffroy about what a difference obtaining a CRC could make in her line of research.

Dr. Cecilia Flores obtains NIDA Project Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Cecilia Flores on her National Institute of Drug Abuse Project Grant!

Drs. Ashok Malla & Serge Gauthier elected into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS)

Drs. Ashok Malla and Serge Gauthier are amongst the seventy-seven of the highly prestigious Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) list of individuals that were selected to join as Fellows for 2020.

CAHS recognizes excellence in health sciences. Fellows have demonstrated, through their careers and lives, that they are committed to their field of expertise in many ways.

Dr. Romina Mizrahi - Newly Appointed Associate Chair of Research

Dr. Romina Mizrahi has been appointed as the new Associate Chair of Research for the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Mizrahi will be responsible for the Department鈥檚 research mission and oversee strategic research planning. She will also assist the Chair in the coordination of research activities, recruitment of researchers, and review the research-track residency program.

Congratulations to our CIHR Grant recipients!

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Congratulations to our researchers who were successful in this latest round of CIHR grants! The successfully funded researchers and their respective projects are:

Dr. Gabriella Gobbi - "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and social behavior. A translational study.

Dr. Naguib Mechawar - "Remodeling of cerebral plasticity by early-life adversity: cellular and molecular mechanisms in the human brain"