More than a thousand people walk for mental health 2012-10-15
Lynne McVey and Marie Giguère, president, Board of Trustees, Douglas Institute Foundation More than ...

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Early life adversity affects broad regions of brain DNA in both rodents and humans 2012-10-12
Study provides strong evidence of a biological process that embeds social experience in DNA that affects not just a few genes but entire networks of genes
Early life experience results in a broad change in the way our DNA is “epigenetically” chemically marked in the brain by a coat of small chemicals called methyl groups, according to researchers at ...

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Researchers link genetic mutation to psychiatric disease and obesity 2012-10-09
McGill researchers have identified a small region in the genome that conclusively plays a role in the development of psychiatric disease and obesity. The key lies in the genomic deletion of brain-d...

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Canadian psychiatrists welcome Dr. Suzane Renaud as new association president 2012-10-08
This press release was produced by the Canadian Psychiatric Association. Dr. Suzane Renaud, a clinical psychiatrist from Montreal, Quebec, who specializes in treating bipolar and personality disor...

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A fascinating health guide on sleep and sleep disorders 2012-10-05
This news was produced by Trécarré Diane B. Boivin, a world-renowned expert in circadian rhythms (biological processes that change from day to night) and Director of the Centre for Study and Treat...

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Lynne McVey talks with partners about the urgent need to invest in mental health 2012-10-02
On Thursday, September 27, Lynne McVey talked about the need to invest in mental health during the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology (CAPE) Annual Scientific Symposium. Ms. Lynne McVey p...

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A general practitioner from Haiti comes for training at the Douglas Institute 2012-09-25
This summer, the Douglas Institute welcomed a general practitioner from Haiti. Dr. Fred Donatien Ulysse was at the Douglas for the entire month of August to receive training at the Intensive Care ...

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"Recovery Talks": A new blog on recovery debuts on the Douglas blogosphere 2012-09-24
A new blog on recovery has made its foray into the Douglas blogosphere. Entitled Recovery Talks, the overarching theme of this English-language blog is "recovery," a component of mental health to w...

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2011-2012 Annual Report - « The Power to Recover » 2012-09-06
Entitled "The Power to Recover," the Douglas Institute's 2011-2012 annual report is constructed around the vision of the Institute's 2011-2015 stra...

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Mini-Psych School 2012 – Gaining the Power to Understand, Prevent and Help 2012-09-06
Preventing mental illness: utopian vision or realistic future? Experts from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute will address this question during the 7th edition of the Mini-Psych Sch...

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