For the third time in three years, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute's Mini-Psych School session, held in English, will air on Canal Savoir starting April 12, 2010. The lectures, recorded last fall, will be presented until December 12, 2010.

You can tune in Canal Savoir through cable or satellite television services.

You can also watch the lectures online by visiting the 2009 Mini-Psych School session on the Douglas website.

Canal Savoir reaches more than 4 million Canadian homes, including 2.5 million in Quebec. The channel is also available in the United States, Haiti and Mexico. Its entire program schedule is dedicated to sharing knowledge and promoting a broad range of ideas.

Facts and fiction about mental illness
“Our team of Mini-Psych professors, made up of Douglas clinicians and researchers, will present the facts about mental illness,” explained Joseph Rochford, PhD, Director of Academic Affairs at the Douglas Institute and supervisor of this 4th edition.

Mini-Psych School lectures on Canal Savoir, April 12 to December 12, 2010

• Course 1: Top Ten List About Mental Illness, Joseph Rochford, PhD
• Course 2: How Blue is Blue? – Depression and Burnout, Camillo Zacchia, PhD
• Course 3: The Ups and Downs of Bipolar Disorders, Serge Beaulieu, MD, PhD
• Course 4: The “Skinny” on Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa, Howard Steiger, PhD
• Course 5: The Delusions about Schizophrenia and Psychosis, Ridha Joober, MD, PhD
• Course 6: You Can Go Home Again – The Recovery Movement, Myra Piat, PhD

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