Major partnership paves way for new discoveries in prevention of dementia 2010-12-22
Source: McGill Reporter New ground is about to be broken in helping prevent the devastating onset of dementia, as McGill, in partnership with Pfizer Canada, announced in December the creation of a...

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Implementation of the Quebec Charter for a healthy and diverse body image 2010-12-21
The action plan spans over 3 years
Last year's unveiling of the Quebec Charter for a healthy and diverse body image led to a thorough analysis of the fashion industry's different practices in Quebec, Canada and the rest of the world...

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Dreaming of a white (and restful!) Christmas 2010-12-15
Better to keep sleep disruptions to a minimum for kids over the holiday
Researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute have demonstrated that consistently longer sleeps in healthy school-age children (between 7 and 11 years) were associated with a better...

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Use spatial memory to reduce risks of dementia 2010-12-14
A recommandation by Véronique Bohbot, neuroscientist at the Douglas Institute
Véronique Bohbot, PhD., neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and associate professor at McGill University, leads studies on navigational strategies. She presented her fi...

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Verdun "Tip of the hat" for researchers Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, and Michael Meaney, PhD 2010-12-08
On November 23, researchers Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, et Michael Meaney, PhD, CQ, MSRC, received the 2010 Verdun Tip of the hat award given by the Verdun Economic Forum. The prize was awarded at t...

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Psychology of police-based crisis intervention 2010-12-07
Publication of a reference book input from Johanne Renaud, MD, M.Sc., FRCPC
Police officers are increasingly called on as first responders to resolve situations involving persons in distress who could cause harm to themselves or others; as a result, they are focusing incre...

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Recovery and psychotic disorders 2010-11-30
A Douglas Institute International Symposium
Some 200 clinicians, researchers and service users will meet at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute on December 8 to discuss the concept of recovery for people living with a psychotic di...

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Douglas Institute at the International Conference on Schizophrenia in Chennai, India 2010-11-15
Every two years an international conference on schizophrenia (ICONS) is held in Chennai, Southern India. It is organized by Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF), a well-known non-governmental ...

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MRI scanner dedicated exclusively to mental health arrives at the Douglas Institute 2010-11-08
The arrival of a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner marks an important step in the construction of the future Brain Imaging Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Ins...

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Rémi Quirion awarded an honorary doctorate from INRS 2010-11-02
His outstanding contribution to the field of mental health celebrated
This press release was produced by INRS. At its 2010 graduation ceremonies, INRS (Institut national de la recherche scientifique) awarded an honorary doctorate to Rémi Quirion for his work in th...

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