The basic and clinical research is oriented towards the long-term consequences for the brain of early perinatal and neonatal exposure to stressors.

The Montreal WHO/PAHO Collaborating Centre: Striving to improve access to mental health care around the world.

Understanding eating disorders and their causes is essential to preventing and treating them.

Causes and treatments of borderline personality disorder, a mental illness characterized by emotional instability.

Anxiety is a biological mechanism designed to protect us from dangerous situations. A little anxiety is natural; our reaction to this emotion results in the difference between a pleasant experience and a full-blown panic attack.

People with Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) struggle to focus, sit still, or restrain their impulses.

Although there is no cure yet, schizophrenia is highly treatable, with early detection and ongoing treatment.

Depression is more than just a fleeting emotion. This illness hampers a person's daily functioning, negatively impacting their physical health. However, in most cases depression is treatable.    

It is estimated that up to 20 percent of Canadian children and youth may be affected by mental illness.

Apart from the drugs, some other therapies have proved successful to slow the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms.