Dr. Leon Tourian receives AMI-Québec 2022 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
This award is given by AMI-Québec in recognition of Dr. Tourian’s work with vulnerable members of society and increasing sensitivity to their needs to improve collaborations and enhance care. It is in appreciation of his part in changing the landscape in the attitude of practitioners and families recognizing that mental illness and mental health challenges are a ‘family affair. The award will be officially presented at AMI-Québec’s Annual General Meeting.
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi featured in La Presse
Traitements psychologiques | Avancées montréalaises sur les drogues psychédéliques
AFTD/ADDF Grantees to Study Potential FTD Treatments and Biomarkers
AFTD grants support scientists as they conduct vital research into advancing our understanding of FTD. Several newly awarded grants are driving hope for a future where FTD can be detected earlier in the disease process and effectively treated.
Dr. Srividya Iyer quoted in Global & Mail
How mental health training for regular citizens is helping to fill Canada’s therapy gap
Dr. Srividya Iyer featured in Canadian Immigrant
Ninth annual ‘Immigrant Women of Inspiration’ features four women pushing boundaries in science and technology
Dr. Jaswant Guzder appointed to CPA's structural racism task force
Congratulations to Dr. Jaswant Guzder who was appointed to Canadian Psychiatric Association’s (CPA) structural racism task force. This task force focuses on a number of important mandates including proposing specific actions and recommendations to eliminate structural racism, provide education and resources on Canadian psychiatry’s history regarding structural racism, etc.
Dr. Alain Brunet on TEDx Talk
La thérapie de la reconsolidation by Dr. Alain Brunet.
Dr. Karine Igartua featured in La Presse
Changement de sexe à l’état civil | Pas moins de 659 demandes autorisées au Québec en 2021
Dr. Myrna Lashley quoted on CBC
Quebec's 6th wave could be as bad as the last, health expert warns
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi featured in the media
Montreal researchers find that, like Prozac, LSD may be useful for anxiety treatment. CTV News
Soigner l’anxiété à petites doses de LSD. Le Devoir
Dr. Marco Leyton quoted on Verywell Mind
Experts Identify Three Key Factors That Determine Mental Illness
..."These features represented some of the best-supported risk factors thought to influence multiple mental health problems," says the study's senior author Marco Leyton, PhD. "Our study is unique because we had the unprecedented opportunity to study all three factors together."
Verywell Mind
Dr. Jai Shah honoured by the Schizophrenia International Research Society
Dr. Jai Shah was named the 2022 Research Excellence Awardee, a distinguished prize that will be officially awarded at the 2022 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society in Florence, Italy on 6-10 April 2022. The Research Excellence Award is given to a mid-career researcher who has shown exceptional research in the field of schizophrenia research and promising research trajectory.
Obituary: Dr. Jacques Tremblay (1946 - 2022)
Dr. Tremblay was a general practitioner at the Douglas Institute and an associate researcher at the Douglas Research Centre since 1999. He played an important role in introducing the concept of assessment of the quality of medical care using explicit and implicit criteria in Canada, in the 1980s. This concept is now used widely in North America and is recommended by the Quebec College of Physicians.
Dr. Romina Mizrahi elected as a Board Member of the Schizophrenia International Research Society
Dr. Romina Mizrahi has been elected as a Board Member of the Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) for a 4-year appointment, commencing April 7, 2022. The mission of the SIRS is to be a worldwide organization that aims to bring together researchers and clinicians in schizophrenia and related disorders. Congratulations Dr. Mizrahi!
Dr. Serge Gauthier interviewed on CBC Radio
Dr.Serge Gauthier: Alzheimer's and Dementia Care and Treatment Needs to Change