Treating psychosis involves education, counselling, medication, close monitoring of symptoms, stress management, and a strong, supportive environment.

Out-patient services are made up of interdisciplinary teams that offer assertive community treatment (ACT) and variable community follow-up (SIV for Suivi d’intensité variable)for people suffering from psychotic disorders.

The primary focus of the undergraduate program is to teach and help the students apply core knowledge, skills and attitudes required of a medical professional. The goal of the program is to equip the student to meet the most stringent standards of

Douglas Hospital was founded in 1881 by Alfred Perry and a group of Protestant clergy and Montréal citizens.

Mallar Chakravarty is interested in the anatomy of the brain and how it changes through development, aging, and in illness.

As the professional chief of psychology , Margaret Peggy O'Byrne is responsible for evaluating the quality of professional acts of psychologists.

Pierre Étienne is a psychiatrist in the geriatric psychiatry program of the Douglas Institute. He is interested in the early development of medication and in Alzheimer's Disease.

Eduardo Chachamovich’s work focuses mainly on social and clinical determinants of mental health in Aboriginal populations.

Fabrice Jollant's research focuses on the cognitive and cerebral bases of vulnerability to suicide.

Rob Whitley examines barriers and facilitators to recovery within both health services and the wider socio-cultural environment.