There are three external service points in the geriatric psychiatry program.

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.

Mallar Chakravarty is interested in the anatomy of the brain and how it changes through development, aging, and in illness.

The research of Myra Piat focuses on housing for persons with serious mental illness and recovery from serious mental illness.

Howard Steiger contributed to the advancement of knowledge regarding causal mechanisms and clinical management of eating disorders.

Michel Perreault's main focus is the evaluation of psychiatric and substance abuse programs.  

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...

The neurophenotyping center, inaugurated October 2008, performs basic science in mental health (in French).

Alain Brunet, PhD, presided the International Conference on the use of the Internet in mental health, May 14 to 16, 2009.