Dr. Vasavan Nair’s Work Honoured 2014-09-17
Psychiatrists Recognize Outstanding Contributions to Mental Health at their Annual Conference
The Douglas Institute is proud to announce that the Canadian Psychiatric Association has acknowledged the exceptional contribution made to mental health by Dr. Vasavan Nair, MD, FRCPC, FRCP (U.K.),...

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$2,028,000 for the Douglas- Bell Brain Bank 2014-09-16
A major Douglas-led project has been awarded a Brain Canada grant. The Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, an essential platform for brain research in Canada recieves $2,028,000 in new funds. Canadi...

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Phoenix reveals its treasures in Verdun 2014-09-15
After the Douglas Institute, Verdun. The Phoenix Centre, where psycho-educator Luc Gagnon works, exposes the works of its artists until september 19th at the Cultural Centre, much to the pleasure o...

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Douglas led project awarded Brain Canada grant 2014-09-10
Dr. Gustavo Turecki's work has been selected to receive a major grant under the Canada Brain Research Fund. Canadian Minister of Health Rona Ambrose, along with Inez Jabalpurwala, President and CE...

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An amazing benefit show 2014-09-10
Marie-Thérèse Fortin and her guests for mental health
Marie-Thérèse Fortin and her guests presented: "Ceci n’est pas un spectacle, ceci est notre cause” (This is not a show, this is our cause) On Sunday, September 7, 2014, the Douglas Foundation, in...

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Memory and Alzheimer’s : towards a better comprehension of the dynamic mechanisms 2014-09-01
Research by Dr. Sylvain Williams shows that the flow of activity in the hippocampus, a brain region essential for memory, is actually bidirectional, rather than just unidirectional
A study just published in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal by, Sylvain Williams, PhD, and his team, of the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill Un...

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Stress: The influence of sex and gender 2014-08-18
300 international researchers to attend the 44th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE)
For a long time, male subjects were the focus of mental health studies. Considering the biological and psychological differences between men and women, are clinical approaches and treatments for me...

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Daina Crafa, our new Vanier Scholar 2014-08-14
The Douglas Institute has a brand new recipient of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS), a program which attracts and retains world-class doctoral students and helps est...

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LaSalle blvd closed to traffic on Sunday August 10 2014-08-06
The Triathlon de Verdun, held on Sunday, August 10th, causes the closing of certain streets around the Natatorium. Driving and parking on Boulevard LaSalle between rue Stephens in Verdun and Séné...

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Knowledge sharing and fun at PEPP 2014-07-25
July 23rd was quite a special day at the Douglas Institute, as it was the annual PEPP knowledge sharing day. This festive event, now in its fourth year, allows researchers, clinicians, patients and...

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