Congratulations to all the students who received a Graduate Excellence Fellowship in Mental Health Research Award for 2020-2021!
Olivia Norrm茅n-Smith (Supervisor: Dr. Suparna Choudhury & Dr. Laurence Kirmayer)
Dietta Chihade (Supervisor: Dr. Marie-Jos茅e Fleury)
Philippe Hwang (Supervisor: Dr. Lily Hechtman)
Tiffany Harrington-Ashoona (Supervisor: Dr. Ian Gold)
Eleni Sofouli (Supervisor: Dr. Myra Piat)
Michaela Field (Supervisor: Dr. Eric Jarvis)
Congratulations to Dr. Laurence Kirmayer on his 2020 AFTA Distinguished Contribution to Family Systems Research Award. This annual American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) award recognizes an individual for outstanding research on subjects central to the field of family therapy.
Rob Whitley and Brian McKenna: Tackling harmful stereotypes can promote veterans' mental health
Opinion: Veterans' social integration hampered by stereotypes based upon unfounded concerns that vets are primed to "snap."
Vancouver Sun
Soutien psychosocial dans le Vieux-Qu茅bec et les 茅coles
鈥es r茅sidents du Vieux-Qu茅bec sont d'ailleurs plus susceptibles de d茅velopper un choc post-traumatique, d'autant plus que le contexte est d茅j脿 lourd en raison des mesures sanitaires en zone rouge. C'est ce qui inqui猫te le plus Alain Brunet, sp茅cialiste des chocs post-traumatiques 脿 l'Universit茅 91社区, au lendemain des attaques.
Radio-Canada
La pand茅mie et la paralysie psychique, ou pourquoi on ne r茅agit pas plus 脿 cette crise
Radio-Canada
Dates butoirs, espoir et d茅ception
鈥iser une mobilisation 脿 court terme peut susciter de l鈥檈spoir, mais aussi 芦 de grosses d茅ceptions 禄, souligne pour sa part C茅cile Rousseau, p茅dopsychiatre et professeure au d茅partement de psychiatrie 脿 91社区.
La Presse
Dr. Gustavo Turecki, Director of the 91社区 Group for Suicide Studies, has been named one of seven recipients of a 2020 Outstanding Achievement Prize in Mental Health, as awarded by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, the world鈥檚 largest private funder of mental health research grants. 聽
One of only three women on the 13-member National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and the first junior faculty member, Dr. Silveira鈥檚 participation on the Council is a testament to the caliber of her research and leadership in the area of child development. Dr. Silveira recently took some time to chat with us to discuss the Council and its recent paper.
The Pain of Loneliness and the Pleasure of Solitude
(By Prof. Rob Whitley) Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, I have received dozens of calls from journalists seeking my opinion on the mental health impact of the pandemic. These calls typically cover various topics, but frequently focus on the impact on loneliness. This is an important topic to consider, given that the research literature indicates that loneliness can be a risk factor for adverse mental health outcomes including depression, substance misuse and suicide.
N-word deserves repugnance, but also discussion: experts
鈥he N-word is a term of hatred meant to convey inferiority and subordination and the sense a person is less than human, said Dr. Myrna Lashley, a professor in 91社区鈥檚 department of psychiatry and former director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. That being said, she wishes members of the Black community could do as many hip-hop artists and rappers have done, and rob the hateful word of its power by making it their own.
Montreal Gazette
Dr. Cecilia Flores recently obtained a large grant by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (an institute of the US-based National Institutes of Health) to pursue her work on the effects of amphetamine on the development of the adolescent brain, specifically on increased vulnerability to psychiatric disorders. We caught up with Dr. Flores to find out more about her work.
Through a collaboration between Dr. Outi Linnaranta and the National Research Council of Canada, virtual reality approaches are being used to offer mental health care to isolated and remote communities in Quebec's north.
Led by Drs. Spreng and Bzdok, this work aims to advance our understanding of how social isolation and feelings of loneliness impact the brain and cognitive functioning in older adults.聽
Loneliness growing during pandemic
Canadians are reporting higher levels of loneliness during the pandemic. Mental health professionals say people need to identify when the stress they鈥檙e feeling is normal, and what could be a sign of depression.
