'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 香蕉视频 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.
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
L猫ve-t么 ou couche-tard: Entrevue avec Dre Diane Boivin.
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.
Un nouveau m茅dicament contre l'alzheimer traitera les stades pr茅coces
Pour la premi猫re fois en 20 ans, un nouveau m茅dicament contre la maladie d'Alzheimer a 茅t茅 autoris茅, sous conditions, par l'Agence am茅ricaine des m茅dicaments. 芦 C'est une nouvelle importante 禄, explique le Dr Serge Gauthier, professeur 茅m茅rite en neurologie et en psychiatrie 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill.
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(Co-authored by C茅cile Rousseau) Alors que la pand茅mie de Covid-19 s茅vit depuis plus d鈥檜n an, il devient de plus en plus 茅vident que les personnes marginalis茅es risquent de fa莽on disproportionn茅e de contracter la maladie ou d鈥檈n mourir. Parall猫lement, les dommages indirects des fermetures et du confinement de la derni猫re ann茅e, sans oublier les difficult茅s financi猫res, l鈥檌solement social et les probl猫mes de sant茅 mentale, touchent bien plus durement les membres des communaut茅s racis茅es.
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 香蕉视频 find a link between chronotype and amount of sleep shift workers can get with their irregular schedules.
鈥vec des indicateurs clairs, il serait plus facile d'expliquer 脿 la population si le gouvernement doit r茅viser la date d'un assouplissement, croit le Dr Samuel Vessi猫re, professeur adjoint au D茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill.
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鈥uelles sont les b茅n茅fices et les limites de donner un revenu comme solution 脿 l鈥檌tin茅rance? Est-ce une approche qu鈥檕n devrait g茅n茅raliser et appliquer ailleurs? Le professeur au d茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill et sp茅cialiste en 茅conomie de la sant茅, 脡ric Latimer, nous donne son analyse.
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Le myst猫re des plaques amylo茂des
Dr. Gail Myhr was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies/L鈥橝ssociation Canadienne des Th茅rapies 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!
Congratulations to Dr. Warren Steiner, recipient of the 2021 McGill 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.
The newly established聽McGill鈥揇ouglas鈥揗ax Planck Institute of Psychiatry International Collaborative Initiative in Adversity and Mental Health聽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鈥檚 life. Led by Dr. Gustavo Turecki, Scientific Director at the Douglas Research Centre and Chair of聽 McGill's Department of Psychiatry, and by Dr.
...Dr. Martin Gignac, director of pediatric psychiatry at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital, said the facility doesn鈥檛 have enough resources to deal with the 鈥渨ave鈥� of mental health consultation involving children, adding that he is forced to find room for patients on the medical and surgical wards.
Quebec must prioritize mental health of adolescents, pediatricians say
...Over the past few months, the psychiatric department鈥檚 eight-patient unit at the Children鈥檚 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鈥檚 Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
