The following press release was produced by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Westchester, Ill. — A study in the March 1st issue of the journal SLEEP suggests the presence of an intrinsic sleep problem specific to attent

Study confirms effects of early environment in brains of suicide victims McGill University and Douglas Institute scientists have discovered that childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA and shape the way your genes work. This confirms in human

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

Media Advisory: Douglas Institute hosts international conference looking at impact and interventions - January 28 to 30, 2009  The stress caused by living through cataclysmic events such as tsunamis, ice storms or severe floods, may have far r

The Douglas Institute is part of an international effort to investigate a new treatment A vaccine-based approach could be an effective therapy for people with mild or moderate forms of Alzheimer’s disease. The medication used for this therapy w

McGill, MUHC and Douglas researchers, among them Alain Brunet, get top marks from Québec Science

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

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

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