Nature, Nurture or Both? New $6 million research facility at Douglas to help understand the causes of mental illness Montreal, January 30, 2006 – One out of four individuals will be diagnosed with a mental illness during their life. Some of t

In 2003, Douglas Hospital Partners with Montreal Neurological Institute to open Its Brain Imaging Group.

Do we know why some patients don’t gain any insight into their illness, especially in paranoid schizophrenia?

The PREVENT-AD program at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute is currently seeking a full-time research assistant. Our research focuses on treatments aimed at preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in an at-risk population.

Did you know that if one of your parents suffered from Alzheimer's, your own chance of developing it increases by 50% or more? Worrisome? Yes! But new research is exploring ways to intervene early enough in the disease to prevent its devastating symptoms and its impact on our aging society. Lecturer: John Breitner, MD, MPH, Research Scientist, Douglas Institute, Director, Centre for Studies on Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease