Teleteaching: A Powerful Tool for Transferring Knowledge 2007-09-20
Can healthcare staff in Northern Quebec receive ongoing quality psychiatric training at a reasonable price? This was a question that preoccupied Charles-Édouard Carrier, department head of the Doug...

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Patients give a moving tribute to three children and their parents 2007-08-29
A first for the Douglas Institute A garden unlike any other in the province was inaugurated as patients of the Moe Levin Day Centre thanked the three Iannicelli children (Caroline, Vincent and S...

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Stressed about Starting High School? 2007-08-28
Douglas pilots program to help children and teens adapt
In an effort to help ease teen’s transition from primary to high school and to help other children deal with similar stressful situations, the Centre for Studies on Human Stress at the Douglas ment...

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Chasing happiness 2007-07-31
Douglas researchers characterize brain region linked with discontent
Having trouble enjoying the diversions of summer? It may be you suffer from a condition called anhedonia – the inability to enjoy pleasurable experiences. According to researchers at the Douglas Me...

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Scientific Research at the Douglas: CIHR Invest $6 Million 2007-07-24
The excellence and innovation of researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute have born fruit yet again: Twelve grant applications from the Douglas have been accepted by the Canadi...

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Michael Meaney honoured 2007-07-17
Congratulations go again to Michael Meaney, PhD — associate director of Douglas Research Centre, a University Institute in Mental Health— for being elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Mea...

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Hans Selye International Symposium on Stress in Association with the Douglas Institute 2007-07-10
An international symposium on stress will be held in Montreal from July 11 to 14 to celebrate the centennial birth anniversary of Hans Selye, the researcher who coined the term “stress” that is now...

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Open your mind to Mini-Psych School at the Douglas Institute 2007-07-05
The Douglas hosts second series of public lectures
For the second year, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute is offering Mini-Psych School. This year the session will be in French and running from October 23 to November 27, 2007. Here, st...

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Douglas Institute Foundation Unveils Painting Donated by Mtre Maurice Forget 2007-07-04
On June 21, 2007 the Douglas Institute Foundation was delighted to unveil artwork by Anne Eaton Parker, generously donated to the Douglas by Mtre Maurice Forget of Fasken Martineau, long-time donor...

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Joan Besner, dedicated volunteer 2007-06-27
A Douglas Treasure The most modest of persons, always ready to share her time and talents, Administrative Agent Joan Besner is a true Douglas treasure. Grew Over Time Joan's dedication to the...

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