...Dr. Martin Gignac, director of pediatric psychiatry at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital, said the facility doesn鈥檛 have enough resources to deal with the 鈥渨ave鈥� of mental health consultation involving children, adding that he is forced to find room for patients on the medical and surgical wards.
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Published on: 13 May 2021
Quebec must prioritize mental health of adolescents, pediatricians say
...Over the past few months, the psychiatric department鈥檚 eight-patient unit at the Children鈥檚 has often been over capacity, which means teenagers with acute suicidal ideation are admitted to surgical or medical units, where they require 24-hour supervision, said Dr. Martin Gignac, the hospital鈥檚 Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
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Published on: 12 May 2021
Why Some Fear the World Reopening
(By Samuel Paul Veissi猫re) Imagine you鈥檝e been single for a long time. Sure, a part of you would like to have a companion, but the thought of going on a date, telling your life story again, trying to feel comfortable with a new person鈥攊t all just fills you with dread.
Psychology Today.
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Published on: 6 May 2021
Rob Whitley and Todd Doherty: No health without mental health
Opinion: Practical approach of B.C.'s Men's Sheds is common across community-driven mental health programs 鈥� tailored toward the needs and preferences of the target population, with a focus on fun, friendship and enjoyable activities.
Vancouver Sun.
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Published on: 3 May 2021
鈥楰eep families together鈥�: Moving beyond racist notions of neglect in child welfare
鈥n many countries, including Canada, neglect is the most common type of maltreatment, says Monica Ruiz-Casares, an associate professor in the psychiatry department at 91社区.
But what exactly is neglect? According to Ruiz-Casares, it鈥檚 pretty subjective. 鈥淭here鈥檚 no clear threshold at which so-called poor parenting crosses the line into neglect,鈥� she says.
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Published on: 3 May 2021
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of the annual Leyton Addiction Research Prize. The competition was strong, but the review committee (unanimously) agreed that Danilo De Gregorio鈥檚 paper titled Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) promotes social behavior through mTORC1 in the excitatory neurotransmission was the most deserving of this year's $1,000 prize. Danilo is a Postdoctoral Fellow supervised by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi.
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Published on: 3 May 2021
Vrai probl猫me, mauvais rem猫de ?
鈥oint par La Presse, Jeffrey L. Derevensky, professeur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 91社区, se montre sceptique par rapport 脿 la 芦鈥塻olution鈥壜� 茅tudi茅e par Facebook. 芦 Je ne crois pas que ce soit une bonne id茅e 禄, estime le directeur du Centre international d鈥櫭﹖ude sur le jeu et les comportements 脿 risque chez les jeunes.
La Presse.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2021
Collateral damage of COVID-19: Rising rates of domestic and social violence
[Co-authored by C茅cile Rousseau Professor, Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, 91社区] As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, evidence continues to grow that an unequal burden of illness and death has fallen on marginalized people. At the same time, the collateral damage of a year of shutdowns and confinement 鈥� including economic difficulties, social isolation and mental health problems 鈥� disproportionately affects racialized communities.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2021
Entrevue avec Dr. Gustavo Turecki - Le calendrier de l'apr猫s, ICI Premi猫re
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Published on: 27 Apr 2021
Mental health interventions often involve psychometric questionnaires that aren鈥檛 well adapted to members of Indigenous and Inuit communities. These communities prefer working with tools that promote resilience and empowerment, and that create a real dialogue.
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Published on: 15 Apr 2021
COVID-19 Est-ce possible d鈥櫭猼re (encore) r茅silients ?
On a (encore) 芦 deux gros mois devant nous 禄, a averti mardi le premier ministre du Qu茅bec, Fran莽ois Legault, montrant du doigt les variants et ses cons茅quences sur les plus jeunes. Apr猫s plus d鈥檜n an de restrictions, est-il possible d鈥櫭猼re (encore) r茅silients ? On en discute avec la psychiatre C茅cile Rousseau et le psychologue Joe Flanders.
La Presse.
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Published on: 15 Apr 2021
Understanding pandemic burnout
CBC Radio's Matt Galloway speaks with Dr. Natasha Rajah about the impact of long-term stress on our brains and memory. Listen
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Published on: 14 Apr 2021
Le retour qui n鈥檃 pas eu lieu
鈥es c茅g茅piens et les universitaires ont 茅t茅 les 芦 grands d茅laiss茅s de cette crise 禄, estime Samuel Veissi猫re, professeur adjoint au d茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 91社区.
La Presse.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2021
Decoding the brain: Scientists at the Ludmer Centre are tackling mental health research with a multidisciplinary, big-data approach.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2021
Des donn茅es pour changer le portrait de l'itin茅rance
...Selon le D谤听Latimer, il y a trois niveaux d鈥檌ntervention. Le niveau primaire touche la pr茅vention avant que survienne l鈥檌tin茅rance, le niveau secondaire soutient les personnes qui viennent de basculer dans l鈥檌tin茅rance pour qu鈥檈lles puissent s鈥檈n sortir et le niveau tertiaire all猫ge les souffrances des personnes en situation d鈥檌tin茅rance.
La Presse.
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Published on: 7 Apr 2021
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