Phénomène très visible en Amérique, la fragilité des étudiants se dessine peu à peu en France et se propage au-delà des campus. Revendications identitaires extrêmes, outrage moral, demandes d’accommodations en tous genres, obsession du trauma, sacralisation de la victime : la tyrannie du bien-être fait exploser l’anxiété de masse.

Published on: 1 Apr 2019

A public inquiry can tell us how our mental-health system can better serve men and boys.

A recent special issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry devoted three papers to men's mental health. The statistics summarized in these papers are shocking, leading some commentators, including the Canadian Mental Health Association, to conclude that there is a silent crisis of men's mental health.

Published on: 1 Apr 2019

Montreal, Wednesday, March 27 2019 – The Women's Y Foundation is proud to announce the names of the laureates, who will be honoured on September 26, 2019 at The Windsor Montreal during the 26th Women of Distinction Awards.

Published on: 28 Mar 2019

This program provides the conceptual background for research and clinical work in social and cultural psychiatry and will be of interest to postdoctoral trainees and researchers in psychiatry, psychology, and other mental health disciplines; graduate students in health and social sciences; physicians, psychologists, social workers, and other health professionals.

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Published on: 28 Mar 2019

The Weston Brain Institute has up to $10m in funding available through the 2019 programs that are currently accepting applications. A full list of programs can be found . In particular, please note that the deadline of the Rapid Response and Transformational Research Canada 2019 Parkinson’s & Related Diseases program has been extended. The LOI deadline is now May 15, 2019.

Published on: 22 Mar 2019

LES LÈVE-TÔT NATURELS: UNE AFFAIRE DE GÈNES

Published on: 15 Feb 2019

Will winter weather and power outages lead to a baby boom in Greater Victoria?

Anecdotal evidence suggests yes, research says no.

First things first. People do not necessarily get busier – if you get the drift – when extreme events like winter storms keep them inside and bring down the lights.

Nine months after an ice storm had caused catastrophic damage across Quebec and other parts of North America in early 1998, demographers scoffed at the notion that this extreme weather event had any significant bearing on live birth rates in the province.

Published on: 14 Feb 2019

Une pilule pour les coeurs brisés

Oubliez la crème glacée, les couvertures de polar et les comédies romantiques:les cœurs en miettes pourraient bientôt être recollés à l’aide d’une poignée de comprimés et d’un traitement inusité, s’il n’en tenait qu’à un psychologue montréalais.

Published on: 14 Feb 2019

CANNABIS: L’INSTITUT DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE SUGGÈRE UN ACCÈS GRADUEL POUR LES JEUNES
Extrêmement sceptique, le ministre délégué à la Santé, Lionel Carmant, a renvoyé les experts de santé publique à une recherche effectuée par la docteure Gabriella Gobbi, de l'Université , publiée mercredi et qui suggère que le diagnostic de dépression chez environ sept pour cent des Canadiens âgés de 18 à 30 ans est imputable au cannabis.

L’actualité, Métro, Le Devoir

Published on: 14 Feb 2019

'DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD:' TEENS' LONG-TERM CANNABIS USE TIED TO HIGHER DEPRESSION RISK

Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatry professor at , and her team in Montreal and London, U.K., analyzed international studies on more than 23,000 people under the age of 18 who were followed for developing depression into young adulthood.

The Globe and Mail, CBC, Telegraph, Global News, CTV News, National Post, Daily Mail, The Guardian, BBC, Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC News, El Periodioco, Reuters, and others

Published on: 14 Feb 2019

Mondays, 11:00 am, Bowerman Room, Dobell Pavilion of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute:

February 18:

Dr. Sylvia Villeneuve, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, )

“Risk factors for Alzheimer`s disease pathology across multiple cohorts”

February 25:

Dr. Arjun Krishnaswamy, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology & CIS, )

“The Assembly and Function of Motion Selective Circuits in the Retina”

Published on: 11 Feb 2019

-based startup Aifred Health recently nabbed first place and a $35,000 Milestone Award in the latest stage of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. By doing so, they also became one of 30 teams to qualify for the next phase of the four-year, $5-million competition whose final winner will be announced in 2020. The XPRIZEs are international monetary rewards meant to encourage technological development to benefit humanity.

Published on: 8 Feb 2019

Theme: TALKING ABOUT SUICIDE SAVES LIVES

The 29th edition of Suicide Prevention Week focuses on a critical component of prevention: speaking up. To reduce suicide rates, it is important to open up both a one‑on‑one and a collective dialogue on the topic. Since suicide already receives extensive media coverage and features prominently in fiction and on social networks, the AQPS believes that it is important to answer the questions that many Quebecers have and offer guidance on how to talk about it.

Published on: 6 Feb 2019

In this new episode on the power of Belief from popular science TV series Mind Field, Dr. Samuel Veissière, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and co-director of the Culture, Mind, and Brain program, designs and performs an experiment to induce mystical experience in people by harnessing their trust in religious and medical symbols.

Classified as: Samuel Veissières, Mind Field, Behaviour and Belief, YouTube
Published on: 23 Jan 2019

Le jeu Fortnite fait fureur et il peut faire peur à certains parents en raison du temps que leur enfant peut passer dessus. Quelles sont les conséquences des écrans et des jeux sur le cerveau? Y a-t-il des bienfaits à l'utilisation des jeux en ligne? Entrevue avec Véronique Bohbot, professeure au département de psychiatrie à l'Université et chercheure au Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital Douglas.

Entrevue de l'épisode du lundi le 14 janvier.

Published on: 23 Jan 2019

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