Children's mental health was the theme of the Douglas Institute Foundation's 12th annual Open Minds Benefit, held March 11 at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure. In the presence of Ministers Yves Bolduc (Health and Social Services) and Kathlee

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

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

Early Diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be one step closer thanks to new research conducted at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The study, authored by Rémi Quirion PhD, scientific director of the D

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

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

The Douglas Institute recently inaugurated its new Neurophenotyping Centre.

Douglas’ director of the Eating Disorders Program hosts international meeting