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'There are women out there not getting help' for perinatal depression

Dr. Vi Nguyen understands more than most about perinatal depression and anxiety.

As a reproductive psychiatrist at the Ã山ǿ¼é Health Centre, she specializes in diagnosing and supporting women with depression and anxiety related to pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period; as a clinician-researcher, her research includes developing screening tools for it.

Published on: 28 Jun 2021

The International obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Accreditation Task Force (ATF) of top experts, led by Dr. Debbie Sookman (Associate Professor), recently published evidence-based specialty knowledge and competency standards recommended for specialized treatments for OCD through the lifespan. Read more

Published on: 11 Jun 2021

Why is it so difficult to fight addictions?

Dr. Salah El Mestikawy gave an interview to Viviane Lalande, a host on the Scilabus channel and reporter with Radio Canada, to explain in simple terms how additions work and what makes them so difficult to fight. Click to watch this interview.

Published on: 11 Jun 2021

Un nouveau médicament contre l'alzheimer traitera les stades précoces

Pour la première fois en 20 ans, un nouveau médicament contre la maladie d'Alzheimer a été autorisé, sous conditions, par l'Agence américaine des médicaments. « C'est une nouvelle importante », explique le Dr Serge Gauthier, professeur émérite en neurologie et en psychiatrie à l'Université Ã山ǿ¼é.

Radio-Canada.

Published on: 11 Jun 2021

(Co-authored by Cécile Rousseau) Alors que la pandémie de Covid-19 sévit depuis plus d’un an, il devient de plus en plus évident que les personnes marginalisées risquent de façon disproportionnée de contracter la maladie ou d’en mourir. Parallèlement, les dommages indirects des fermetures et du confinement de la dernière année, sans oublier les difficultés financières, l’isolement social et les problèmes de santé mentale, touchent bien plus durement les membres des communautés racisées.

Published on: 11 Jun 2021

Getting enough sleep can be a real challenge for shift workers affecting their overall health. But what role does being an early bird or night owl play in getting good rest? Researchers from Ã山ǿ¼é find a link between chronotype and amount of sleep shift workers can get with their irregular schedules.

Classified as: shift work, shift workers, chronotype, early bird, night owl, sleep, behaviour, police officers, Diane B. Boivin, Laura Kervezee
Published on: 1 Jun 2021

…Avec des indicateurs clairs, il serait plus facile d'expliquer à la population si le gouvernement doit réviser la date d'un assouplissement, croit le Dr Samuel Vessière, professeur adjoint au Département de psychiatrie de l’Université Ã山ǿ¼é.

Radio-Canada.

Published on: 20 May 2021

…Quelles sont les bénéfices et les limites de donner un revenu comme solution à l’itinérance? Est-ce une approche qu’on devrait généraliser et appliquer ailleurs? Le professeur au département de psychiatrie de l’Université Ã山ǿ¼é et spécialiste en économie de la santé, Éric Latimer, nous donne son analyse.

Radio-Canada.

Published on: 20 May 2021

Le mystère des plaques amyloïdes

Published on: 17 May 2021

Dr. Gail Myhr was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies/L’Association Canadienne des Thérapies Cognitives et Comportementales. A Fellow of CACBT-ACTCC is a member who has made a distinguished contribution to the science, practice, training and/or advocacy of cognitive and/or behavioural therapies within the Canadian context. Congratulations Dr. Myhr!

Published on: 17 May 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Warren Steiner, recipient of the 2021 Ã山ǿ¼é Undergraduate Psychiatry Teaching Award! This award is presented by the department to the individual that the graduating class felt had the greatest impact on their psychiatric education during medical school.

Published on: 17 May 2021

The newly established Ã山ǿ¼é–Douglas–Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry International Collaborative Initiative in Adversity and Mental Health represents the first international effort devoted to understanding the biology behind how early-life adversity can increase the risk of psychiatric disorders over the course of an individual’s life. Led by Dr. Gustavo Turecki, Scientific Director at the Douglas Research Centre and Chair of  Ã山ǿ¼é's Department of Psychiatry, and by Dr.

Published on: 14 May 2021

...Dr. Martin Gignac, director of pediatric psychiatry at the Montreal Children’s Hospital, said the facility doesn’t have enough resources to deal with the “wave†of mental health consultation involving children, adding that he is forced to find room for patients on the medical and surgical wards.

Published on: 13 May 2021

Quebec must prioritize mental health of adolescents, pediatricians say

...Over the past few months, the psychiatric department’s eight-patient unit at the Children’s has often been over capacity, which means teenagers with acute suicidal ideation are admitted to surgical or medical units, where they require 24-hour supervision, said Dr. Martin Gignac, the hospital’s Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Published on: 12 May 2021

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