La nature addictive des jeux vidéo et des réseaux sociaux, Dre Bohbot
LA NATURE ADDICTIVE DES JEUX VIDĂO ET DES RĂSEAUX SOCIAUX
VĂ©ronique Bohbot, neuroscientifique Ă lâInstitut Douglas et professeure au dĂ©partement de psychiatrie de lâUniversitĂ© Âé¶čÉç, a dâabord indiquĂ© quâil y avait des corrĂ©lations entre lâutilisation des «noyaux caudĂ©s», qui font que certains comportements deviennent des automatismes, et la grosseur de lâhippocampe, une partie du cerveau utilisĂ©e lorsquâon pose des gestes de façon rĂ©flĂ©chie.
Le Soleil
Transmettre la mémoire sans transmettre le traumatisme, Dre Rousseau
Pour certains Rwandais rĂ©fugiĂ©s ici, les blessures post-traumatiques ont parfois fait surface des annĂ©es plus tard, affirme CĂ©cile Rousseau, pĂ©dopsychiatre et directrice du Groupe de recherche et d'intervention transculturelles de l'UniversitĂ© Âé¶čÉç, qui a travaillĂ© avec plusieurs survivants du gĂ©nocide. « Leur hĂ©ritage est mĂȘlĂ© de blessures. MĂȘme un foetus dans le ventre de sa maman est influencĂ© par des Ă©motions sur lesquelles il ne peut mettre de mots.
Pourquoi nos enfants-rois font des Ă©tudiants si fragiles par Dr Veissiere
PhĂ©nomĂšne trĂšs visible en AmĂ©rique, la fragilitĂ© des Ă©tudiants se dessine peu Ă peu en France et se propage au-delĂ des campus. Revendications identitaires extrĂȘmes, outrage moral, demandes dâaccommodations en tous genres, obsession du trauma, sacralisation de la victime : la tyrannie du bien-ĂȘtre fait exploser lâanxiĂ©tĂ© de masse.
Canada Desperately Needs A New Approach To Men's Mental Health by Dr Whitley in HuffPost
A public inquiry can tell us how our mental-health system can better serve men and boys.
A recent special issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry devoted three papers to men's mental health. The statistics summarized in these papers are shocking, leading some commentators, including the Canadian Mental Health Association, to conclude that there is a silent crisis of men's mental health.
Dr Gruber named to the Women of Distinction Awards for 2019!
Montreal, Wednesday, March 27 2019 â The Women's Y Foundation is proud to announce the names of the laureates, who will be honoured on September 26, 2019 at The Windsor Montreal during the 26th Women of Distinction Awards.
25th Annual Âé¶čÉç Summer Program in Social and Cultural Psychiatry - Registration is now OPEN
This program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry and will be of interest to postdoctoral trainees and researchers in psychiatry, psychology, and other mental health disciplines; graduate students in health and social sciences; physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other health professionals. For complete information please click here.
Weston Brain Institute $10 million in funding for research into Parkinson's and related diseases
The Weston Brain Institute has up to $10m in funding available through the 2019 programs that are currently accepting applications. A full list of programs can be found here. In particular, please note that the deadline of the Rapid Response and Transformational Research Canada 2019 Parkinsonâs & Related Diseases program has been extended.
Dr Cermakian mentionné dans un article à Le Devoir
LES LĂVE-TĂT NATURELS: UNE AFFAIRE DE GĂNES
Douglas Institute researchers mentioned in Sooke (BC) News Mirror
Will winter weather and power outages lead to a baby boom in Greater Victoria?
Anecdotal evidence suggests yes, research says no.
First things first. People do not necessarily get busier â if you get the drift â when extreme events like winter storms keep them inside and bring down the lights.
Dr Brunet mentionné dans La Presse pour le Saint-Valentin
Une pilule pour les coeurs brisés
Oubliez la crĂšme glacĂ©e, les couvertures de polar et les comĂ©dies romantiques : les cĆurs en miettes pourraient bientĂŽt ĂȘtre recollĂ©s Ă lâaide dâune poignĂ©e de comprimĂ©s et dâun traitement inusitĂ©, sâil nâen tenait quâĂ un psychologue montrĂ©alais.
Recherche de Dre Gobbi circule dans plusieures médias francophone
CANNABIS: LâINSTITUT DE SANTĂ PUBLIQUE SUGGĂRE UN ACCĂS GRADUEL POUR LES JEUNES ExtrĂȘmement sceptique, le ministre dĂ©lĂ©guĂ© Ă la SantĂ©, Lionel Carmant, a renvoyĂ© les experts de santĂ© publique Ă une recherche effectuĂ©e par la docteure Gabriella Gobbi, de l'UniversitĂ© Âé¶čÉç, publiĂ©e mercredi et qui suggĂšre que le diagnostic de dĂ©pression chez environ sept pour cent des Canadiens ĂągĂ©s de 18 Ă 30 ans est imputable au cannabis.
LâactualitĂ©, MĂ©tro, Le Devoir
Dr Gobbi study in JAMA Psychiatry makes headlines in North America and Europe
'DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD:' TEENS' LONG-TERM CANNABIS USE TIED TO HIGHER DEPRESSION RISK
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatry professor at Âé¶čÉç, and her team in Montreal and London, U.K., analyzed international studies on more than 23,000 people under the age of 18 who were followed for developing depression into young adulthood.
Douglas Institute: Neuroscience for Mental Health Winter/Spring Calendar
Mondays, 11:00 am, Bowerman Room, Dobell Pavilion of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute:
February 18:
Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Âé¶čÉç)
âRisk factors for Alzheimer`s disease pathology across multiple cohortsâ
February 25:
Taking on depression using AI
Âé¶čÉç-based startup Aifred Health recently nabbed first place and a $35,000 Milestone Award in the latest stage of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. By doing so, they also became one of 30 teams to qualify for the next phase of the four-year, $5-million competition whose final winner will be announced in 2020. The XPRIZEs are international monetary rewards meant to encourage technological development to benefit humanity.
SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK February 3 to 9, 2019
Theme: TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE SAVES LIVES