Camillo Zacchia writes 100th column for Metro 2010-01-26
On September 6, 2005, Camillo Zacchia, PhD, Professional Chief of Psychology at the Douglas, wrote his first column for the Metro newspaper. Five years and 99 columns later, Camillo continues t...

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The Research Centre is 30 years old 2010-01-22
Thirty years ago, N.P. Vasavan Nair, MD, Medical Chief of the Program for Dementia with Psychiatric Co-morbidity, established the Douglas Research Centre with the late Samarthji Lal, MD, former Dir...

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Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders in Gay and Lesbian Youth Could Help Prevent Suicide - Douglas Study 2010-01-20
Written in collaboration with the Canadian Psychiatry Association. Researchers from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute have found that young gay and lesbian suicide victims are twel...

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Michael Meaney, Moshe Szyf and Gustavo Turecki honoured for their work in epigenetics 2010-01-15
Michael Meaney, PhD, C.Q., FRSC, and Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, both of whom are researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and professors in the Department of Psychiatry at McGil...

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A new green policy at the Douglas 2010-01-08
The Douglas Institute has just adopted a new environmental protection, management and development policy to reduce its environmental footprint and move in a decidedly green direction. As a resu...

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Four fires contained at The Douglas Institute No one hurt and a suspect is arrested 2009-12-28
(ENGLISH VERSION TO COME) En début de soirée hier, quatre feux ont été allumés dans trois édifices de l’Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas. Ces feux ont rapidement été maîtrisés et i...

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An inspiring speech - Last lecture of Mini-Psych School 2009 2009-12-16
Joseph Rochford, PhD, Director of Academic Affairs at the Douglas and host of the 2009 edition of Mini-Psych School, gives an inspiring speech on the last lecture of the series. To a participant...

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The Moe Levin Centre : Putting People at the Centre of Therapy 2009-12-14
The winner of the 2007 Douglas Cup for the best team at the Douglas Institute, the Moe Levin Centre is located in the CPC Pavilion, where it provides specialized care to patients suffering from cog...

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Judes Poirier, Doctor Honoris Causa of Montpellier University 2009-12-10
On November 24, University of Montpellier I in France awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Judes Poirier, PhD, C.Q., professor and researcher in molecular neurobiology. This honorary title ...

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The Douglas Institute and Les Impatients unveil special workshop space and boutique 2009-12-09
Les Impatients and the Douglas Mental Health University Institut unveiled today a special workshop space and boutique with the participation of Barry Crago, Clinical-Administrative Chief at the Dou...

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