Film on borderline personality disorder highlighted at the Jutra 2009-03-31
The movie Borderline, which tells the story of a woman with borderline personality disorder, garnered a number of Jutras at the awards ceremony on March 29, 2009, including those for best director ...

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Douglas Institute and Montréal Business Community: Team Up to Improve Children's Mental Health 2009-03-27
Children's mental health was the theme of the Douglas Institute Foundation's 12th annual Open Minds Benefit, held March 11 at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure. In the presence of Ministers Yves ...

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Accreditation: The Douglas ranks among Canada's best 2009-03-17
The Douglas Mental Health University Institute is pleased to announce that Accreditation Canada has awarded the Institution unconditional accreditation and that its results are among the best in th...

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Fifth "interétablissement" Symposium : call for proposals 2009-03-05
You are invited to submit a proposal, before March 31, 2009, for workshops, communications, forums or posters that you would like to show at this symposium . The theme is "Ethical Challenges in Men...

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A voluntary charter to fight extreme thinness in Quebec 2009-03-04
This press release was produced by the Ministère de la culture, des communications et de la condition féminine du Québec. Just in time for Montréal Fashion Week, Ms. Christine St-Pierre, Ministe...

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Underlying Sleep Problem in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2009-03-03
The following press release was produced by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Westchester, Ill. — A study in the March 1st issue of the journal SLEEP suggests the presence of an intr...

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Childhood trauma has life-long effects on genes and the brain 2009-02-23
Study confirms effects of early environment in brains of suicide victims McGill University and Douglas Institute scientists have discovered that childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA and...

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The Douglas Institute's "Frames of Mind" at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois next February 28 2009-02-20
Special screening of C'est pas moi, je le jure ! with the participation of Philippe Falardeau. On February 28, 2009, as part of the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Jean-François Bélair, MD, psy...

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Individual placement and support (IPS) to find employment: Relevance of this model for Quebec 2009-02-12
The majority of people with serious mental disorders would like to work, if only on a part-time basis. However, existing integration services allow very few of them to do so. As a result, there is ...

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Quality of nursing care when patients are isolated with or without restraint 2009-02-10
Nurses working in psychiatric care believe that patients agree to being put into isolation if they cooperate or remain passive. This is one of the main findings from a research report led by Caroli...

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