Chasing happiness: Douglas researchers characterize brain region linked with discontent

For the second year, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute is offering the 2007 Mini-Psych School.

In the 2010 Mini-Psych School edition, we'll answer the question:  What goes on in the minds of anxious students?

The 2010 Douglas Institute research teams who were awarded grants from NSERC to pursue work in their respective fields of expertise.

Douglas Institute for the second time at Festival Eurêka!, June 11 to 13, 2010.

Researchers identify area of brain where social memories are stored.

Jorge Armony, PhD, won a $100 000 award for his studies on how the brain of people with a bipolar disorder responds to environmental events with affective value

The first Mini-Psych School video is now available on the website. Véronique Bobhot, Ph.D. offers a fascinating class on human brain

Researchers find a small region in the genome that plays a role in the development of psychiatric disease and obesity.

I recently saw the Douglas’ new ad campaign, ‘Brains need love too’ (check out the video here). The video is extremely open-ended, with the actual message of the campaign open to the interpretation of the viewer, at least until they visit the campaign’s web site. Here are the interpretations I took away from it.