BEHIND THE CRIMES: Why was family murder the only option for these two children?
鈥︹�淚t鈥檚 amazing that it happened twice in one city 鈥� it鈥檚 really quite remarkable,鈥� said Dr. Jaswant Guzder, a psychiatry professor at 91社区. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a horrific crime, that鈥檚 highly unusual.鈥�
TheIFP.ca
Trust in public institutions is linked to fewer COVID-19 deaths, but trust and belonging to groups is associated with more deaths, according to a wide-ranging, 91社区-led study of 30-day COVID-19 mortality rates in 84 countries. Greater economic inequality is also associated with COVID-19 mortality.
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鈥�Le stress n鈥檈st pas 茅tranger 脿 l鈥櫭﹙entail de r茅actions qu鈥檕n observe actuellement, souligne la Dre C茅cile Rousseau, professeure au d茅partement de psychiatrie de l鈥橴niversit茅 91社区 et clinicienne. M锚me chez les antimasques.
La Presse
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Comment une rupture amoureuse impacte le cerveau, le corps et le c艙ur
'He was looking to meet me': Public health leaders face threats, harassment over COVID-19
鈥�Strang has been celebrated as a hero, a voice of calm and clarity. But in times of calamity, of 鈥渃atastrophes or disruptions of the social order, people often look for simple narratives and explanatory models to identify culprits,鈥� 91社区 anthropologist and cognitive scientist Dr. Samuel Veissi猫re has said.
National Post
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It is with much sadness we learned of the passing of our dear colleague Dr. Pierre Assalian on Friday, September 25 after a brief and intense struggle with leukemia. His passing was much too soon and he will be deeply missed.
Mental health advocates have long criticized the mainstream media for getting it wrong when reporting suicide. These criticisms are based on a historical corpus of research indicating that suicide was frequently reported in an inappropriate manner in the media. Common issues include glorifying or romanticizing suicide and giving excessive detail about the suicide method used. A recent review paper indicates that such coverage could contribute towards 鈥渃opycat suicides.鈥�
Psychology Today
Sadly, the time has come to bid adieu to our dear friend Luis. And none too soon, he would have said, with typical irony; for the feeling of having reached the end of his tenure in this world had been with him for some time. He did not appear distressed about it; but one could sense his anguish at the futility of the empty, extremely limited existence he was enduring. 鈥淚 have no health problems, other than this hell,鈥� was his response when I asked him, how he was doing, was he undergoing any tests, was the doctor looking into any new issues?
The 91社区 contribution will be led by Dr. Jai Shah, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, and carried out through the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP-Montr茅al, at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute), where Shah is Associate Director. The Montreal team, which also includes 91社区鈥檚 Dr. Mallar Chakravarty, Dr. Martin Lepage and Dr. Rachel Rabin, will be identifying participants, providing support and following young people experiencing CHR symptoms while conducting clinical and biomarker assessments.
Heath e-News
Over the summer, the Canada Research Chair program announced the most recent recipients of Tier 1 and Tier 2 CRCs. Among them were Marie-Claude Geoffroy, PhD, a researcher in the 91社区 Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Research Centre, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at 91社区. We had the opportunity to hear from Dr. Geoffroy about what a difference obtaining a CRC could make in her line of research.
Health e-News
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Radio-Canada
Congratulations to Dr. Cecilia Flores on her National Institute of Drug Abuse Project Grant!
This 5-year project, entitled, "Amphetamine in adolescence disrupts prefrontal cortex development," aims to study how exposure to stimulant drugs of abuse in adolescence disrupt ongoing brain development, increasing vulnerability to psychiatric disorders using animal models. An important aspect of this research is the large differences in sensitivity to these drug effects that exist between males and females and the protective effects of therapeutic versus recreational doses.
Drs. Ashok Malla and Serge Gauthier are amongst the seventy-seven of the highly prestigious Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) list of individuals that were selected to join as Fellows for 2020.
CAHS recognizes excellence in health sciences. Fellows have demonstrated, through their careers and lives, that they are committed to their field of expertise in many ways.
Dr. Romina Mizrahi has been appointed as the new Associate Chair of Research for the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Mizrahi will be responsible for the Department鈥檚 research mission and oversee strategic research planning. She will also assist the Chair in the coordination of research activities, recruitment of researchers, and review the research-track residency program.
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Congratulations to our researchers who were successful in this latest round of CIHR grants! The successfully funded researchers and their respective projects are:
Dr. Gabriella Gobbi - "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and social behavior. A translational study.
Dr. Naguib Mechawar - "Remodeling of cerebral plasticity by early-life adversity: cellular and molecular mechanisms in the human brain"
Dr. Norbert Schmitz - "The role of depression in the intergenerational transmission of type 2 diabetes"
