From Innovations to Practice: Bringing Recovery to Douglas Institute

The current reorganization of mental health services is no small affair. It brings sweeping changes to Quebec’s healthcare system and will affect each and every one of us.

Le traitement pour les "doubles diagnostics": maladie mentale + abus de substances (in French)

The reorganization of mental health services is having an impact on the entire health care system in Quebec, and Southwest Montreal is no exception!

Where would Denise and I be without all of you? A testimonial about the Moe Levin Centre

On October 14, 2007, the Douglas opened its first Brief Intervention Unit.

The Douglas protocol on the Use of Control Measures has been recently updated, based on the Institute’s changing needs.

An agreement between Yale University’s Program for Recovery and Community Health, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill University will be signed on October 30. This collaboration will involve the sharing of expertise, knowle Recovery from mental illness: New agreement with Yale will promote knowledge exchange

Drawing from a deep well of cheerfulness and determination, Cathy Viberg has fought stigma for 31 years - both as a Douglas nurse and a volunteer. Although Cathy retired in August this year as clinical- administrative chief for the CPC3 Intensive Rehabilitation Unit, her legacy is one of wh[...]

Did you know that the At-Risk Behaviour Unit team of the Psychotic Disorders Program has reduced its use of seclusion rooms by over 50 percent during the 2006-7 period?