The Douglas Greenhouse: 25 years of horticultural therapy

In July, the Douglas Institute Foundation solicited some members of the Douglas Family to participate in a gratitude initiative toward our donors. The Foundation would like to thank them for helping in recognizing the generosity of 650 loyal Douglas d

Last spring, Mike Santoro gave a conference at the Douglas as part of the activities of Social Work Week organized by Joan Simand, MSW, Professional Chief of Social Services, and her team. Social work aims to restore or improve social functioning of i

Directed by Douglas researcher Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, the RQRS draws upon the many years of expertise developed at the Douglas. The Quebec suicide research network: The Douglas plays a leading role yet again.

Major changes for mental health in the Professional Code.

Again this year, Frames of Mind attracted a crowd looking to learn more about the different aspects of mental illness.

During is annual convention, the Association québécoise d'établissements de santé et services sociaux presented its AQESSS awards to institutions that have implemented innovative projects to improve services to the public. Douglas Communications Team Wins AQESSS "Coup de coeur" Award.

In September 2008, a small internal team began developing a prefeasibility study to support the Douglas infrastructure renewal project. On Wednesday, May 20th, our Board of Directors passed a resolution endorsing the study, and approving its submissio

Marie-Josée Fleury, PhD, coordinated the special issue of the magazine Santé mentale au Québec dedicated to first-line mental health, for which she also wrote the editorial. This issue has a range of articles from researchers, cli .

The Douglas Mental Health University Institute will be hosting an international conference on the use of Internet in mental health care, May 14 to 16 2009.