Business Hours Regular business hour are Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 16:30. The animal facility provides animal care services on daily basis including holidays and weekends. For any question, special request or concern about animal care services af

The Douglas Institute Research Center Animal Facility is dedicated to the housing, breeding and behavioural Phenotyping of mice and rats. We offer service for a battery of behavioral tests aimed at understanding brain physiology and pathophysiology fo

Integrating research into care Clinical programs are supported by research projects that constantly assess and improve clinical practice and that help advance knowledge of mental illness. Teaching and knowledge transfer The Douglas Institute is a t

Elevated Plus Maze C'est le test par excellence pour mesurer l'anxiété chez les rongeurs. Il est aussi couramment utilisé pour tester différents anxiolytiques, anciens et nouveaux. Le test crée un conflit approche-évitement entre l'envie naturelle d'

1) Mapping the hippocampus, its subfields and the memory network Our group has done significant work in the development of novel automated techniques for mapping the hippocampus and its subfields (Winterburn et al., NeuroImage, 2013; Pipitone et al.,

The CoBrA Laboratory is lead by Mallar Chakravarty, and investigates the anatomy of the brain through health and disease.

Economic analyses Eric Latimer A cost analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of the HF programs, considering all costs incurred by participants. On average, the intervention cost $22,482 per person per year for high need participants

The At Home/Chez Soi project part two - 2014 to 2015 The second part of the AHCS project is a study funded by the MHCC, which targets all the participants who took part in the first phase of the project in Montréal. Beginning in February 2014, all th

The final report of the At Home/Chez Soi Project can accessed via the Mental Health Commission of Canada webpage The project yielded three key conclusions. 1. The Housing First approach is feasible in Montreal. The housing team found 73 landlords lo

The At Home/Chez Soi project part one - 2009 to 2013 The At Home Chez Soi (AHCS) project is a pan-Canadian study on homelessness and mental illness. This $110 million pragmatic randomized controlled trial was funded by the Mental Health Commission of