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Un jeune Saskatchewanais meurt après avoir probablement joué au « jeu du foulard »

…Selon le professeur assistant au département de psychiatrie de l’Université McGill Samuel Veissière, la solitude devant les écrans peut en partie expliquer le souhait des jeunes de relever ce type de défi.

Radio-Canada.

Published on: 4 Mar 2021

Ottawa must make meaningful investments in youth mental health in Budget 2021 to ensure recovery

Published on: 4 Mar 2021

How this McGill professor is challenging systemic racism, one institution at a time

Myrna Lashley has worked with governments, police forces and community organizations for more than 30 years.

CBC.

Published on: 17 Feb 2021

Être parent lors d’une pandémie : comment développer des relations familiales plus fortes pendant le Covid-19

La pandémie Covid-19 nous a sans aucun doute tous affectés. Elle a accru nos inquiétudes et nos préoccupations en matière de santé physique.

Epoch Times.

Published on: 17 Feb 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Carl Ernst and his European collaborators on obtaining a grant from the European Joint Programme for Rare Diseases for their project, Development and preclinical testing in human cell models and transgenic mice of a novel treatment for Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome. The funding, which totals 1.6 million Euros, will support an international research collaboration dedicated to Schinzel-Giedion Syndrome (SGS), an ultra-rare genetic disease.

Published on: 11 Feb 2021

McGill to prepare the World Alzheimer Report for 2021 and 2022

㽶Ƶ has been commissioned by Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) to deliver the next two editions of the World Alzheimer Report on the crucial and inter-related topics of Diagnosis (2021) and Post-Diagnostic Support (2022).

Published on: 11 Feb 2021

The Douglas Mental Health University Institute is the only hospital centre in Montréal that takes patients with mental health issues who have contracted COVID-19.

Published on: 11 Feb 2021

Parenting in a pandemic: How to develop stronger family relationships during COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected us. It has increased our worries and concerns about physical health. COVID-19 has added to the existing challenges parents face, and has also created greater awareness surrounding the fragility of mental health. Yet, the second wave has also paved the way for a larger discussion on ways to promote mental well-being.

Published on: 4 Feb 2021

ACCESS Open Minds has published some early results from its program, based on preliminary data from 14 of its sites across the country.

Published on: 2 Feb 2021

Dr. James Naiman passed away peacefully on December 22, 2020. He was born in Berlin in 1926 and moved to Montreal with his parents by way of Paris and New York. He enrolled at 㽶Ƶ at 14 where he received his BA and M.D.C.M. He enjoyed an illustrious career as a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst that spanned 65 years. Some of his many accomplishments included teaching psychiatry at McGill as an Associate Professor and serving in leadership roles at the Quebec Psychiatric Association, the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society, and the International Psychoanalytical Society.

Published on: 2 Feb 2021

Quatre millions pour le cerveau

Published on: 1 Feb 2021

Black History Month: Black Montrealers reflect on a tumultuous year

Published on: 1 Feb 2021

LSD may offer viable treatment for certain mental disorders

...“Social interaction is a fundamental characteristic of human behaviour,” notes the co-lead author Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill and psychiatrist at the 㽶Ƶ Health Centre. “These hallucinogenic compounds, which, at low doses, are able to increase sociability may help to better understand the pharmacology and neurobiology of social behavior and, ultimately, to develop and discover novel and safer drugs for mental disorders.”

Published on: 1 Feb 2021

Anti-Black racism is a barrier to seeking mental health services, says McGill professor
CBC Montreal's Debra Arbec speaks with McGill psychiatry professor Dr. Myrna Lashley about the need for cultural sensitivity in mental healthcare.
CBC.

Published on: 28 Jan 2021

A growing body of research indicates that a significant number of men and boys are facing substantial psycho-social difficulties, which manifest in a number of worrying statistics involving mental health, addiction and suicide. To start, males account for more than 75 per cent of suicides in Canada. That's an average of 50 men per week dying by suicide.
CBC.

Published on: 28 Jan 2021

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