Thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between the Psychiatric Consultation-Liaison Service, the Clinical Nutrition Service and Food Services, First Nations and Inuit inpatients are now able to enjoy a traditional snack, bannock. The bannock story has generated a lot of interest. Read more
Following the publication in the Canadian press, there are some articles:
Women repatriated from ISIS camps should be offered rehabilitation, not punishment: professor
For women and children returning from ISIS detention camps, reintegration into Canadian society may be a challenge — but an expert in preventing violent extremism said it's important the opportunity is provided.
"Rehab and reintegration are the keys to Canadian safety," said Dr. Cécile Rousseau, a professor of McGill University's Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry.
Dr. Howard Margolese was elected as Vice President Research of the Canadian Consortium for Early Intervention in Psychosis (CCEIP). The mission of CCEIP is to enhance optimum care for Canadians in the early phase of psychosis through improved service models, the generation and translation of knowledge, and engagement and partnership with multiple stakeholder. Congratulations Dr. Margolese!
McGill researcher’s program aims to help marginalized young Black men to succeed
Other data shows that while 94 per cent of Black youth state that they would like to get a university degree, only 17 per cent of them do — half the rate of young Black women, who are at 34 per cent.
Got questions about the timing of flu and Covid vaccines? Here’s what experts say
“It seems there’s a whole program in the T cells that makes them very efficient at responding in the day and being less efficient at night,” said Nicolas Cermakian, a chronobiologist at McGill University and the Douglas Research Centre in Montreal. In a 2019 PNAS study, his team showed that vaccines delivered during the day produced more T cell activation than those delivered at night.
Dr. Gustavo Turecki received the Philippe and Maria Halphen Prize from the Académie des sciences of France. This prize was awarded during an official ceremony at the Institut de France on October 18, 2022. The Philippe and Marie Halphen Prize is awarded to support the development of research projects concerning schizophrenia and severe depression. The Halphen Grand Prize of 20,000 € is awarded to a French-speaking scientist who has contributed to the identification of environmental and biological determinants of psychotic decompensation in adolescents. Congratulations Dr.
Drs. Corina Nagy and Rachel Rabin were awarded Brain and Behavior Research Fund Young Investigator Awards for 2022. The Brain Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grants are awarded annually to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Congratulations to both!
Is maternal instinct a myth? What the new science tells us about mom brains
Cannabis Act needs update to limit legal THC concentration
The task force that studied the legalization of cannabis in 2017-18 had proposed 10 per cent as an upper limit of THC concentration, but when the Cannabis Act was passed, there were no imposed limits, writes Gabriella Gobbi.
Qui perd du poids gagne en matière grise
…Pour parvenir à ces conclusions, Andréanne Michaud et son équipe ont d’abord élaboré, en collaboration avec le professeur Yashar Zeighami, de l’Université McGill, un modèle qui sert à déterminer l’évolution de la densité de matière grise du cerveau en fonction de l’âge. « Nous avons utilisé des images cérébrales provenant de près de 600 adultes en santé âgés de 18 à 75 ans », souligne la directrice de recherche.
Mise en garde contre les effets pervers du mode de scrutin
Quels sont les effets de la consommation de cannabis à long terme?
Quand l’anxiété ronge les jeunes
Le nombre de jeunes souffrant d’anxiété ne cesse d’augmenter au Québec depuis 15 ans. Les ressources d’aide se font rares. À l’inverse, les prescriptions de médicaments sont en hausse. Comment venir en aide à ces enfants?
« Il faut s’attaquer aux causes qui font que les gens ne sont pas capables de gérer leurs émotions et sont de plus en plus anxieux. Et ça passe entre autres par la formation », croit la Dre Karine Igartua, cheffe du département de psychiatrie du CUSM.
Dr. Romina Mizrahi was among 15 McGill Professors who received a John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Through this program, the receives $262,301 from Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI), with matching funds contributed through the Quebec government, in support of her research program, Molecular Neuroimaging in Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders. Congratulations Dr. Mizrahi! Read more
Experts call for better dementia treatment in new report, saying most patients receive no care after diagnosis
Gauthier, a professor of neurology and psychiatry at McGill University and director of the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit in the McGill Center for Studies in Aging, described dementia as “a combination of decline in function in the cognitive abilities, usually memory.
