The quality of cerebral tissues that come from the Douglas – Bell Canada Brain Bank has enabled many scientists throughout the world to discover new data that has helped improve treatment of various brain diseases.

The Douglas – Bell Canada Brain Bank has almost 3000 human brain specimens. Established in 1980, it is the oldest brain bank in Canada, and one of the two largest reserves of autopsied brains in the country.

What is mental health recovery?

The safe provision of care and services is part of Douglas Institute’s organizational culture.

The research group directed by Rob Whitley studies the environmental factors that shape the onset and remission of mental illness.

Team members of the Mental Health and Society Research Group

Ongoing research projects that the Mental Health and Society Research Group is working on

Eligibility criteria and process to participate in the PREVENT-Alzheimer study.

To date, there is no known cure for Alzheimer's Disease. Current drug treatments offer modest symptom relief, but none of the medications is known to delay or halt the progression of the disease.

Prevent-Alzheimer is a Program comprising of a study conducted by the StoP-AD Centre.