Each year, a prize of $1,000.00 and a trophy is awarded to the student who has published the best addictions-related paper. This year, the winner will be announced in the spring at the annual Student Research Day.

Classified as: Leyton Addiction Research Prize
Published on: 20 Feb 2013

Dr. Juan Carlos Negrete is Professor Emeritus with the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University.

Classified as: Juan Carlos Negrete
Published on: 19 Feb 2013

Tuesday, February 12th is Bell Let’s Talk Day!

 

Classified as: Mimi Israel
Published on: 12 Feb 2013

It is my pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Hannah Schwartz as our new Training Director of Postgraduate Psychiatry at St. Mary’s Hospital Center.

Dr. Schwartz completed her residency in psychiatry at McGill University and a fellowship in perinatal and early childhood psychiatry at Université de Montréal. She presently serves on the Selection Committee for CaRMS and is a co-chair for a module in the postgraduate Diploma Course.

Classified as: Hannah Schwartz
Published on: 11 Feb 2013

The Division of Child Psychiatry of the McGill University Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that its application for recognition of its training program was approved by the Royal College of Canada! The Division can now train new child psychiatrists under the new Subspecialty in Child Psychiatry created by the Royal College.

Classified as: Psychiatry, child & adolescent program, Ruth Russell
Published on: 25 Jan 2013

The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Santokh Singh as Chief of the Department of Psychiatry at the St. Mary’s Hospital Center where he will be replacing Dr. Susanne Lamarre.

Classified as: Santokh Singh, St. Mary's Hospital, Suzanne Lamarre
Published on: 17 Jan 2013

This week, the Department of Psychiatry would like to put the spotlight on Dr. Frank Elgar who was recently awarded the Canada Research Chair Tier 2 Award.

Classified as: canada research chair, Dr. Frank Elgar, Spotlight
Published on: 9 Jan 2013

The Department of Psychiatry would like to congratulate Dr. Carl Ernst for being the recipient of two recent awards:

the Canada Research Chair Tier 2 Award

and

the Douglas Hospital Induced-Pluripotent Stem Cell Laboratory for Cognitive Disorders Award

Published on: 20 Dec 2012

Message from Normand Rinfret, Director General and CEO


It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Dr. Nadia Szkrumelak to the position of Chief of the Department of Psychiatry.

Classified as: muhc, Nadia Szkrumelak
Published on: 3 Dec 2012

The Resident Awards Night took place at the Thomson House on November 21st. I would like to thank the MPRA and the Department of Psychiatry for making this a special evening where we were able to honor Faculty and Resident achievements.
Congratulations to the 2012 award recipients!

Best regards,
Karl Looper, MD, FRCPC
Program Director, Post-Graduate Education

 

Classified as: Awards, prize, residents awards night
Published on: 23 Nov 2012

We are sorry to inform you that Dr. Claude de Montigny, Professor Emeritus from the Department of Psychiatry, has passed away on the evening of October 19, 2012.

On behalf of the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, I would like to express sincere condolences to the de Montigny family.

Warm regards,

Mimi Israel, MD

Chair, Department of Psychiatry

Classified as: Psychiatry, Claude de Montigny, professor emeritus
Published on: 6 Nov 2012

The McGill University Child Psychiatry Division is organizing a series of 4 bilingual seminars for the mental health professionals. These seminars will be presented in English, on Tuesday afternoon and in French on Wednesday afternoon, once a month, from 3:00 to 5:00 from January to April 2013

Please see attached brochure for details.

Thank you
Rita Riccio
Administrative Assistant
Division of Child Psychiatry, McGill University
Department of Child Psychiatry
The Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University Health Centre

Classified as: Research, Child psychiatry, mental health
Published on: 26 Oct 2012
Time Healthland: More Sleep Means More Focused, Emotionally Stable Kids
Read full artcile: http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/15/more-sleep-means-more-focused-emotionally-stable-kids/#ixzz29kYl97FI
CBS News: 27 extra minutes of sleep may make kids better behaved
Classified as: Research, pediatrics, Reut Gruber, sleep
Published on: 19 Oct 2012

Rare genetic mutation linked to psychiatric illnesses, obesity 

B Charlie Fidelman, GAZETTE Health Reporter October 8, 2012 

MONTREAL — Grounding chronic illnesses and mental disorders in human DNA is like trying to tease out a giant riddle that’s complicated by the intricate relationship between biology and behaviour. Hundreds of genes have been associated with psychiatric conditions, some erroneously, and they were not confirmed.

Classified as: genetics, Research, Carl Ernst, obesity, epigenetics, psychiatric illness
Published on: 11 Oct 2012

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