October 12, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Understanding eating disorders and their causes is essential to preventing and treating them.

February 26, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Sleep disorders include fatigue created by night shifts, sleep-wake syndrome and jet lag

March 09, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Causes and treatments of borderline personality disorder, a mental illness characterized by emotional instability.

March 08, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Depression is more than just a fleeting emotion. This illness hampers a person's daily functioning, negatively impacting their physical health. However, in most cases depression is treatable.    

February 26, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Zootherapy, or assisted pet therapy, may be used as a therapeutic tool for people suffering from different illnesses, young and old.

February 18, 2025
Section : Patient care

The Psychotic Disorders Program at the Douglas Institute provides services to adults aged 18 to 65 with schizophrenia or other forms of psychoses, with the exception of the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP-Montréal), which is designed for people aged 14 to 30.

April 20, 2010
Section : Patient care

The Bipolar Disorders Program is a superspecialized (third-line) consultation and treatment service for adults aged 18 to 65 who suffer from refractory bipolar disorders.

April 20, 2010
Section : Patient care

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

February 18, 2025
Section : Patient care

The Geriatric Psychiatry Program at the Douglas Institute provides services to clients aged 65 and older and to adults younger than 65 with a geriatric profile. The program covers psychiatric diagnoses such as: mood disorders anxiety di

February 28, 2013
Section : Research

Andrée Daigneault  MD, is interested in the rehabilitation of young adults aged 18 to 30 who suffer from bipolar disorders