Dr. Rob Whitley featured in Vancouver Sun
Rob Whitley and Todd Doherty: No health without mental health
Opinion: Practical approach of B.C.'s Men's Sheds is common across community-driven mental health programs 鈥� tailored toward the needs and preferences of the target population, with a focus on fun, friendship and enjoyable activities.
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Dr. Monica Ruiz-Casares quoted in APTN
鈥楰eep families together鈥�: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare
鈥n many countries, including Canada, neglect is the most common type of maltreatment, says Monica Ruiz-Casares, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at 麻豆社.
But what exactly is neglect? According to Ruiz-Casares, it鈥檚 pretty subjective. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no clear threshold at which so-called poor parenting crosses the line into neglect,鈥� she says.
Leyton Addiction Research Prize
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of the annual Leyton Addiction Research Prize. The competition was strong, but the review committee (unanimously) agreed that Danilo De Gregorio鈥檚 paper titled Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) promotes social behavior through mTORC1 in the excitatory neurotransmission was the most deserving of this year's $1,000 prize. Danilo is a Postdoctoral Fellow supervised by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi.
Vrai probl猫me, mauvais rem猫de?, Dr. Jeffrey L. Derevensky, La Presse
Vrai probl猫me, mauvais rem猫de ?
鈥oint par La Presse, Jeffrey L. Derevensky, professeur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 麻豆社, se montre sceptique par rapport 脿 la 芦鈥塻olution鈥壜� 茅tudi茅e par Facebook. 芦 Je ne crois pas que ce soit une bonne id茅e 禄, estime le directeur du Centre international d鈥櫭﹖ude sur le jeu et les comportements 脿 risque chez les jeunes.
Dr. C茅cile Rousseau featured in The Conversation
Collateral damage of COVID-19: Rising rates of domestic and social violence
De la d茅pression 脿 la vitalit茅, Dr. Gustavo Turecki, ICI Premi猫re
Entrevue avec Dr. Gustavo Turecki - Le calendrier de l'apr猫s, ICI Premi猫re
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Mental Health: Tools adapted to Indigenous Communities
Mental health interventions often involve psychometric questionnaires that aren鈥檛 well adapted to members of Indigenous and Inuit communities. These communities prefer working with tools that promote resilience and empowerment, and that create a real dialogue.
Dre C茅cile Rousseau mentionn茅e dans La Presse
COVID-19 Est-ce possible d鈥櫭猼re (encore) r茅silients ?
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 Veissi猫re mentionn茅 dans La Presse
Le retour qui n鈥檃 pas eu lieu
鈥es c茅g茅piens et les universitaires ont 茅t茅 les 芦 grands d茅laiss茅s de cette crise 禄, estime Samuel Veissi猫re, professeur adjoint au d茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 麻豆社. La Presse. Lire ici
Drs. Alan Evans and Patricia Pelufo Silveira featured in 麻豆社'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 donn茅es pour changer le portrait de l'itin茅rance
...Selon le Dr聽Latimer, il y a trois niveaux d鈥檌ntervention. Le niveau primaire touche la pr茅vention avant que survienne l鈥檌tin茅rance, le niveau secondaire soutient les personnes qui viennent de basculer dans l鈥檌tin茅rance pour qu鈥檈lles puissent s鈥檈n sortir et le niveau tertiaire all猫ge les souffrances des personnes en situation d鈥檌tin茅rance.
Dr. Naguib Mechawar and the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank featured in Journal Metro
L鈥檜ne des plus importantes banques de cerveaux 脿 l鈥橧nstitut 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
鈥︹�淭hat鈥檚 the kind of data we鈥檙e getting across the board; that at a population level we鈥檙e not seeing changes,鈥� said Brett Thombs, a leading 麻豆社 medical researcher. 鈥淚n many ways, things are OK.鈥�