A conference held last week at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute examined the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and ice storms on mental health. According to panelists, the stress caused by living through one of thes

Imagine if:  A patient’s file indicates that he has been receiving treatment and a team is handling his follow-up care – fourteen months after he died. You see patients’ names on a waiting list when, in fact, they a

Voici maintenant quatre mois que je suis revenu d'Angleterre. Je dresse ici un bilan des expériences anglaises dont, il me semble, le Québec pourrait s'inspirer.

Forensic mental health researcher Anne Crocker, PhD, is tackling some of today's most challenging mental health policy questions.

Over the past 2 years, the Douglas has been working on a project to renew its physical infrastructure. This process has been driven by the increasing number of obstacles the aging facilities present to delivering against the organization’s multi

Building Together the Institute: 2007-2008 Annual Report

The Douglas Institute recently inaugurated its new Neurophenotyping Centre.

Out of the mouths of … patients! What could be better than a first-hand testimonial to help us understand what it is to live, day in and day out, with a mental illness? Before 150 guests who attended the Douglas Mental Health Institute Foun

Two nutritionists from Douglas wrote to La Presse to denounce the new Simons Fall Catalog which showcases ultra thin models.

More education needed to dispel myths about mental illness