Douglas offers new comprehensive depressive disorders program Verdun, February 8, 2006 – We all get bouts of the blues, but for some this is more serious and severe. Some of us are clinically depressed and affected by a lifelong mood disorde

Douglas Hospital experts discuss how to keep your mind healthy during the season

Douglas Researchers pack their bags Scientists leave for DC to present newest findings at eminent international conference Verdun, November 8, 2005 – Almost one third of Douglas researchers are packing their bags and heading off to Washing

Michael Meaney, PhD's research have shown that a mother's touch may not only be a comforting and pleasant experience for her child, but may also be a means by which genes involved in shaping our response to stress get turned on or off.

Studies headed by Howard Steiger, Ph.D. have shed light on how a complex interplay between genetic, environmental, and psychological factors may occur to give rise to anorexia and bulimia nervosa.

From bullying to drug addiction Douglas experts discuss how to successfully survive the fall.

Anxiety Disorders Explained at the 2005 "Frames of Mind" series.

Important research results were discussed during the "Mother and Infant: Perinatal Influences on Health" symposium.

In May 2003, first-of-Its-kind Canadian Suicide Research Facility opens at Douglas Hospital

Last March the Huffington Post was running a series on youth mental health. For that series I wrote an article about the theory of mind (the ability to imagine another person’s thoughts) and how the lack of this ability can impact children’s behaviour. This makes them point out differences in classmates because they are oblivious [...]