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

Weiya Ma’s long-term research interest is to advance the understanding of how substances involved in the inflammation process play a role in the development of chronic pain conditions.

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

Cecilia Flores' work focuses on the dysfunction of the dopaminergic system, a brain system important in reward, motor, and cognitive functions.

Lalit Srivastava, has conducted research on schizophrenia and dopamine, a brain chemical implicated in its development.

Joseph Rochford examines how antidepressants change behavioral and biological mechanisms involved in coping with stress.

Michael Meaney examines the molecular mechanisms by which maternal care alters gene expression.

Natasha Rajah, nvestigates how memory retrieval works in healthy young adults, and how it is affected by aging.

Suzanne King is investigating  risk factors for schizophrenia, such as prenatal stress, obstetric complications, and cannabis use.

Sylvain Williams pursues several complimentary lines of study aimed towards elucidating the cause of Alzheimer Disease.