Marie-Josée Fleury studies healthcare system organizations and evaluation of mental health services.

Anne Crocker, PhD, focuses her work on the interface between mental health and the law.

Nicolas Cermakian is studying the molecular mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms, especially in animal models.

Jean Caron's research relates mainly to the epidemiology of mental illnesses and suicide.

Thomas Brown studies the development of psychosocial interventions to combat substance abuse.

Diane B. Boivin, MD, PhD, conducts research as an expert in sleep and circadian rhythms disorders since 1986.  

Work from Rémi Quirion's lab has helped to characterize the roles of cholinergic synapses in Alzheimer Disease, neuropeptide Y in depression and learning, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in pain and opioid tolerance.

The researchers exploring the “Schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders” theme focus on the causes, course, treatment and prevention of: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Autism (research and evaluation) In Canada, one in a hundred people will be diagnosed with schizophrenia while 3 to 5% of children have an attention deficit...

The Douglas Institute: a leader in research in psychiatry 

Judes Poirier, PhD, CQ, is the associate director of  the Centre for Studies on Prevention of Alzehimer's Disease dedicated to the prevention of AD