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脌 l'adolescence, ils d茅siraient plus que tout changer de sexe. Ils ont commenc茅 le processus, mais en cours de route, certains se sont rendu compte qu'ils ne l'avaient pas fait pour les bonnes raisons et sont retourn茅s 脿 leur sexe d'origine. Leurs t茅moignages se multiplient sur la toile. Ils s'appellent eux-m锚mes les 芦聽d茅transitionneurs聽禄. Regard sur un ph茅nom猫ne r茅cent, marginal, mais qui se manifeste partout en Occident.

Published on: 14 May 2019

A step toward better understanding brain anatomy of autism spectrum disorder.

Study could lead to development of personalized biomarkers and treatment

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often lumped into a single catch-all group, despite significant differences in symptom profile and severity. Further muddying the waters when trying to understand and treat ASD, many previous studies show significant variability in findings.

Published on: 10 May 2019

Though placebos are inert, they often work even when people know they鈥檙e placebos. From his professional experience, (former amateur magician, Jay) Olson understands that the power of suggestion is strong, and figured that the context alone of a medical experience 鈥 the performance, if you will 鈥 could have a significant effect on healing.

Read the story in Med e-News .

Published on: 10 May 2019

Gustavo Turecki, director of the Department of Psychiatry at 91社区 (Canada), investigates the correlation between suicide (unassisted) and depression. Although not all people suffering from depression commit suicide, scientific evidence has shown that between 60 and 90 percent of suicide cases were due to symptoms of depression.

by Paula Schmidt in El Libero (translated from Spanish)

Read the in El Libero (in Spanish)

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Published on: 10 May 2019

Des audits pour sauver des vies

Chaque suicide survenu en 2016 dans l鈥檈st de Montr茅al fait actuellement l鈥檕bjet d鈥檜n examen approfondi retra莽ant la trajectoire de vie, les聽probl猫mes de sant茅 et les appels 脿 l鈥檃ide lanc茅s par la personne disparue. L鈥檕bjectif聽:聽sauver des聽vies et voir si le syst猫me de sant茅 ou les聽services sociaux ont connu des rat茅s.

C鈥檈st ce qu鈥檃 appris La Presse en parcourant le聽rapport pr茅liminaire de ce projet pilote men茅 par聽le psychiatre Alain Lesage.

Published on: 9 May 2019

Retailers across Canada are struggling with a shortage of all cannabis, but there's one product they're especially desperate to keep on shelves: cannabidiol or聽CBD, a non-intoxicating extract vaunted for its purported health benefits.

Published on: 7 May 2019

Policing in Indigenous communities presents challenges that are distinct from those for policing in non-Indigenous communities. These challenges are embedded within a set of cultural, social, historical, legal, political, and geographic considerations.

Published on: 3 May 2019

An open science collection of data from persons at-risk of developing Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease (AD) will help researchers study the pre-symptomatic phase of the disease and accelerate the develop of new therapies that could slow down the disease process.

Published on: 3 May 2019

When headhunters first contacted R茅mi Quirion years ago about the new position of Quebec鈥檚 chief scientist, he initially took a pass.

With a thriving career at 91社区 and the Douglas Hospital Research Centre where his lab was located, Quirion suggested they speak to others and provided names.

鈥淭hey called me back [and said], 鈥榊our name is coming up again,鈥欌 Quirion recounts in his downtown Montreal office, just east of the 91社区 campus.

Published on: 1 May 2019

In the wake of a number of high profile cases such as Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has issued new guidance for medical teams looking after children with serious illness, suggesting doctors must take great care to avoid giving unrealistic expectations to parents about their child鈥檚 future. 鈥 As Laurence Kirmayer at 91社区 put it, healing is not just the basic bodily processes of repair and rebalance. It also involves making sense of suffering and finding a way to continue, whatever the outcome.

Published on: 29 Apr 2019

The government unveiled some funding details of the first-ever national dementia strategy its latest budget, but already it鈥檚 getting heat from critics, who say that while it鈥檚 a step in the right direction, the $50-million over five-year investment isn鈥檛 going to have the impact needed to address the growing public health issue.

Canada is the only G7 country that doesn鈥檛 have a strategy, said 91社区 doctor Serge Gauthier. But while that puts Canada behind the game, it also gives the government a chance to learn from other鈥檚 mistakes, he said.

Published on: 29 Apr 2019

This award was created in order to contribute to scholarship and educational excellence in the Faculty of Medicine through innovation and the support of effective methods of teaching and learning.聽

Published on: 26 Apr 2019

Mutations in a gene involved in brain development have led to the discovery of two new neurodevelopmental diseases by an international team led by researchers at 91社区 and CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center.

The first clues about the rare disorder arose after doctors were unable to diagnose why two siblings from Qu茅bec City were experiencing seizures and neurodevelopmental deficits. Desperate, the children鈥檚 family turned to Carl Ernst at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal for answers.

Published on: 26 Apr 2019

The Faculty of Medicine had a strong presence at the annual Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) hosted in Niagara Falls, April 13-16, where students, residents and faculty members showcased research and innovations in health sciences education.

Dr. Gail Myhr, an Associate Professor of psychiatry, received a Certificate of Merit for her teaching work.

Published on: 26 Apr 2019

PROJET DE LOI 21 ET ALT脡RIT脡 MENA脟ANTE: POUR UNE LA脧CIT脡 PLURIELLE ET CONTRE L鈥櫬玌LTRALA脧CIT脡禄

Published on: 25 Apr 2019

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