Jocelyne Lahoud is Administrative Director, Research Centre, Douglas Institute

Marie-Josée Fleury studies healthcare system organizations and evaluation of mental health services.

Anne Crocker, PhD, focuses her work on the interface between mental health and the law.

Nicolas Cermakian is studying the molecular mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms, especially in animal models.

Thomas Brown studies the development of psychosocial interventions to combat substance abuse.

Diane B. Boivin, MD, PhD, conducts research as an expert in sleep and circadian rhythms disorders since 1986.  

Serge Beaulieu studies neurobiological responses to antidepressant and mood stabilizer treatment in bipolar disorders.

Work from Rémi Quirion's lab has helped to characterize the roles of cholinergic synapses in Alzheimer Disease, neuropeptide Y in depression and learning, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in pain and opioid tolerance.

The researchers working on the “Services, policy and population health” theme come from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds: psychiatry, epidemiology, law, anthropology, economy, psychology, social work, administration. Their goal is to inspire and influence developments in mental health policy so that people living with a mental illness can obtain the care and services to which they are entitled. To accomplish this, the researchers: Study the organization of mental health s...