Community partner: PABEMSON 2010-08-05
A young boy is the helpless witness to his father's depression and suicide attempts. He is so distressed that he feels guilty and starts thinking about taking his own life. This is the story of Bel...

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Evaluating mind and body: New training for nurses 2010-08-17
This fall, the Nursing Directorate will host online training and hands-on workshops for Douglas nurses. The goal is to ensure all nurses are able to conduct physical and mental health patient evalu...

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Twenty-five years of research on Alzheimer's Disease 2010-08-05
The McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA) celebrates 25 years of existence
Established in 1985 as a  multi-disciplinary academic unit dedicated to gerontological research and postgraduate teaching on the  mechanisms of aging as well as prevention of age-associated disord...

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What goes on in the minds of anxious students? 2010-08-02
What do you do when a child’s mental health begins to suffer?
The summer is not yet over and already certain students are petrified by the thought of returning to class. Do you know a student who has such difficulty managing his or her anxiety about school th...

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New website for the Douglas Institute Foundation 2010-06-29
The Douglas Institute Foundation’s long-awaited new website was officially launched last week at their Annual General Meeting. There are many features on the site’s innovative pages that the Found...

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Mini-Psych School 2010: Mental illness in children and young adults 2010-06-15
Classes are in English AND French
With the Mini-Psych School entering its fifth year, the Douglas Mental Health University Institute will be offering a series of classes in French and another in English. Both series will explore ch...

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Judes Poirier, Ph.D., C.Q., McGill University and the Douglas Mental Health Institute, awarded a 2010 Genesis Award 2010-06-04
At a ceremony on June 2, Judes Poirier, PhD,C.Q, McGill University Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry and Director of the Molecular Neurobiology Unit at the Douglas Institute, received the presti...

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Second presence of the Douglas Institute at Festival Eurêka! 2010-06-02
For the second year in a row, Douglas Institute researchers and students will be taking part in the Eureka! Festival, the annual event where science meets fun! This year, the Festival will take pla...

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Plaisirs glacés: this summer, a refreshingly good cause on the grounds of the Douglas Institute 2010-05-31
Érick Godin has been pretty busy lately. With the help of Julie Barrette, special education teacher, and Dominique Paquin, clinical administrative manager of the Psychotic Disorders Program rehabil...

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Douglas Institute research scientists outside Quebec 2010-05-28
19th World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP) and 6th Congress of Asian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and A...

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