Since its creation in 1986, the Eating Disorders Program (EDP) has offered specialized clinical services for people 18 years and older who suffer from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa.

Research at the Eating Disorders Program addresses various aspects of the phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of eating disorders in the spectrum of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

The Douglas shares its knowledge with students, staff members, researchers, mental health professionals, workers, and the general public.

For over two decades, Ellen Corin has worked within provincial, national, and international arenas to introduce the concepts and methods developed in anthropology to the field of research and clinical practice in psychiatry.

Monique Séguin is interested in the bereavement process and intervention strategies following suicide.

Duncan Pedersen studies how societies impact the mental health of their citizens. His work focuses on Latin America.

Mimi Israël is active in eating disorders, affective disorders, crisis intervention, emergency psychiatry and mental health care service organization.

Marie-Josée Fleury studies healthcare system organizations and evaluation of mental health services.

The researchers working on the “Services, policy and population health” theme come from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds: psychiatry, epidemiology, law, anthropology, economy, psychology, social work, administration. Their goal is to inspire and influence developments in mental health policy so that people living with a mental illness can obtain the care and services to which they are entitled. To accomplish this, the researchers: Study the organization of mental health s...

In a opinion letter, Dr. David Bloom clarifies this treatment which aims to restore the patient's autonomy.