The Douglas Mental Health University Institute offers cutting-edge care and services and advance and share knowledge in mental health.

The Douglas – Bell Canada Brain Bank has almost 3000 human brain specimens. Established in 1980, it is the oldest brain bank in Canada, and one of the two largest reserves of autopsied brains in the country.

Some clinical programs at the Douglas Institute have already integrated recovery into their practices.

The Eating Disorders Program research activities focus on the causes, personal experiences and treatments of anorexia and bulimia.

There are two inptaient service points in the geriatric psychiatry program of the Douglas Institute.

Training and mentorship - Training and mentorship

Neurocognitive studies by the McGill Group of Suicide Studies (MGSS) attempt to understand the link between the brain on one hand; and thoughts, emotions and behaviour on the other.

Martin Lepage's team is working on the following neurocognitive and neuroimaging research projects.

Depression in children: We don’t talk about major depression in babies, but rather about a tendency to be sad.

Members of the CIHR Team in Social and Psychiatric Epidemiology