Drs. Cécile Rousseau and Samuel Veissière quoted in Radio-Canada
La pandémie et la paralysie psychique, ou pourquoi on ne réagit pas plus à cette crise
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Dr. CĂ©cile Rousseau quoted in La Presse
Dates butoirs, espoir et déception
…Viser une mobilisation Ă court terme peut susciter de l’espoir, mais aussi « de grosses dĂ©ceptions », souligne pour sa part CĂ©cile Rousseau, pĂ©dopsychiatre et professeure au dĂ©partement de psychiatrie Ă Â鶹Éç. Read more
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Dr. Gustavo Turecki awarded BBRF Outstanding Achievement Prize
Dr. Gustavo Turecki, Director of the Â鶹Éç 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’s largest private funder of mental health research grants. ĚýRead 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’s 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.ĚýRead 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’re feeling is normal, and what could be a sign of depression. Watch here
Dr. Jaswant Guzder quoted in TheIFP.ca
BEHIND THE CRIMES: Why was family murder the only option for these two children?
…“It’s amazing that it happened twice in one city … it’s really quite remarkable,” said Dr. Jaswant Guzder, a psychiatry professor at Â鶹Éç. “It’s a horrific crime, that’s highly unusual.”
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Dr. CĂ©cile Rousseau quoted in La Presse
Comment allons-nous ? …Le stress n’est pas Ă©tranger Ă l’éventail de rĂ©actions qu’on observe actuellement, souligne la Dre CĂ©cile Rousseau, professeure au dĂ©partement de psychiatrie de l’UniversitĂ© Â鶹Éç et clinicienne. MĂŞme chez les antimasques. La Presse Ěý
Dr. Alain Brunet quoted in Madame Figaro
Comment une rupture amoureuse impacte le cerveau, le corps et le cœur
Dr. Samuel Veissière quoted in National Post
'He was looking to meet me': Public health leaders face threats, harassment over COVID-19
…Strang has been celebrated as a hero, a voice of calm and clarity. But in times of calamity, of “catastrophes or disruptions of the social order, people often look for simple narratives and explanatory models to identify culprits,” Â鶹Éç anthropologist and cognitive scientist Dr. Samuel Veissière has said. National Post
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