By exploring the history of psychiatry, by being informed about the current challenges and by studying future prospects in psychiatry and neuroscience, participants have learnt to distinguish between the myths and realities surrounding mental illne

Cognitive remediation is a computer-assisted therapy that promotes the stimulation of cognitive skills necessary for everyday life. Many studies have shown this therapy to have a measurable impact on cognitive deficits related to dementia, making it an invaluable intervention tool in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

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.

Has the use of medication in psychiatry gone too far? A 2008 lecture by Ridha Joober (in French)

New work by the Douglas Mental Health University Institute Mallar Chakravarty sheds light on the links between the shape of the hippocampus and memory function.

The Douglas is the first mental health institution to receive this certification

Jacques Hendlisz retires as director general > Under his leadership, the hospital transformed into a University Institute

"Bilingual" neurons may reveal the secrets of brain disease

Anne Crocker, PhD, director of services, policies and population health Research at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, edited an issue of The journal “Santé mentale au Québec” on justice and mental health. &q