'DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD:' TEENS' LONG-TERM CANNABIS USE TIED TO HIGHER DEPRESSION RISK
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatry professor at McGill, 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.
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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, 香蕉视频)
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February 25:
Dr. Arjun Krishnaswamy, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & CIS, 香蕉视频)
鈥淭he Assembly and Function of Motion Selective Circuits in the Retina鈥�
McGill-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.
Theme: TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE SAVES LIVES
The 29th edition of Suicide Prevention Week focuses on a critical component of prevention: speaking up. To reduce suicide rates, it is important to open up both a one鈥憃n鈥憃ne and a collective dialogue on the topic. Since suicide already receives extensive media coverage and features prominently in fiction and on social networks, the AQPS believes that it is important to answer the questions that many Quebecers have and offer guidance on how to talk about it.
In this new episode on the power of Belief from popular science TV series Mind Field, Dr. Samuel Veissi猫re, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and co-director of the Culture, Mind, and Brain program, designs and performs an experiment to induce mystical experience in people by harnessing their trust in religious and medical symbols.
Le jeu Fortnite fait fureur et il peut faire peur 脿 certains parents en raison du temps que leur enfant peut passer dessus. Quelles sont les cons茅quences des 茅crans et des jeux sur le cerveau? Y a-t-il des bienfaits 脿 l'utilisation des jeux en ligne? Entrevue avec V茅ronique Bohbot, professeure au d茅partement de psychiatrie 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill et chercheure au Centre de recherche de l鈥橦么pital Douglas.
Entrevue de l'茅pisode du lundi le 14 janvier.
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V茅ronique Bohbot, Ph. D.et chercheuse en neurosciences cognitives, et Olivia L茅vy - L鈥檕mnipr茅sence de la technologie et ses r茅percussions sur la m茅moire. V茅ronique Bohbot est chercheuse en neurosciences cognitives 脿 l鈥橧nstitut Douglas, au Centre int茅gr茅 universitaire de sant茅 et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) de l鈥橭uest-de-l鈥櫭巐e-de-Montr茅al. Elle est professeure agr茅g茅e au D茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 McGill.
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It is with great sadness and regret that we inform you of the passing of Dr. Marie-France Boudreault.
Dr. Boudreault was a valued member of the Mental Health Mission for over 30+ years. As co-director of the internship program (MGH) she was a dedicated clinician and teacher, who was highly admired and respected by her interns. She had a wealth of clinical knowledge and expertise that she contributed to the Psychiatry Department.
Infertility is almost always thought of as a woman鈥檚 issue, and it鈥檚 true that women bear the greater burden of it. And yet up to 50% of cases in which couples can鈥檛 have babies are due in some way to men. More men are talking about it now, but it remains stigmatized, especially in the U.S. Men are largely absent from public conversation around infertility, and even those who have looked for support hesitate to identify as someone struggling with male infertility.
Until a year and a half ago, Samuel Veissiere's smartphone was the last thing he saw before he fell asleep and the first thing that greeted him when he woke up. During the day, the device bombarded him with constant notifications 鈥� from four different email accounts as well as Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit and Twitter.
The World Alzheimer Report 2018,听The state of the art of dementia research: New frontiers听brings together 21 of the global leading lights in all areas of dementia research. Written by renowned journalist and broadcaster Christina Patterson (Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Sunday Times), this report tackles some of the complex questions surrounding dementia research. It looks at the hopes and frustrations and asks why there have been no major medical treatment breakthroughs for over 20 years.
SERIOUSLY.THOSE THINGS ARE BAD NEWS IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS
Sleep deprivation is being noticed in younger and younger kids, a bad sign given how the brain develops during childhood. A paediatric sleep expert at McGill, Reut Gruber, is quoted in the CMAJ article, pointing out that the same inadequate sleep issues long associated with teenagers is now showing up in younger kids. According to her study, Children aged 10 and 11 still need between nine and 11 hours of sleep every night - but only half get that much sleep.
The Resident Awards Night was held on Monday, November 26th at Thomson House. The MPRA honoured residents and faculty alike with their annual awards.
Please click on the attachment at right to view the list of recipients
McGill Faculty of Medicine Clinical Innovation Competition (CLIC)听was听initiated听by听Dr. Raymond Hakim听with the goal of encouraging听McGill Faculty members, learners and graduates to听innovate for improved health听care and outcomes.
To learn more about the prizes, eligibility, timeline and criteria, 鈥淐LIC鈥� on the link at right.
The听deadline听to submit is听February 15, 2019.
