Anxiety Disorders Explained at "Frames of Mind" 2005-05-30
Douglas Hospital hosts its mental health movie series June 1-29, 2005 Don’t panic, you’re not alone – more than one out of ten Canadians is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. This condition is th...

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Rain Man to launch Frames of Mind series 2005-05-25
Douglas Hospital hosts its mental health movie series June 1-29, 2005 One in two hundred Canadians is diagnosed with autism, a developmental disorder of the brain. This disorder is the focus of ne...

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Frames of Mind: Douglas Hospital hosts movie series to help demystify mental illness 2005-05-18
From Oscar-winning dramas to a superb Montreal-documentary, the Douglas Hospital’s choice of movies has the same theme – mental health. During the month of June, the Douglas will present its Frames...

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Musings from the mind 2005-05-02
Experts at the Douglas address mental health issues Your mental health shouldn’t be taken for granted. – approximately, one in five Canadians will develop a mental illness during their life. Not a...

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Baby steps: Researchers at Douglas Hospital look at infant brain development 2005-04-21
It’s spring in Canada! Flowers are blooming, birds are singing and babies are being born. Researchers at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre may have advice for soon-to-be mothers. They are studyi...

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Making a Difference in Guatemala 2005-04-08
"The country had just lived through 30 years of civil war. With 300,000 people dead, and hundreds of thousands more missing, it was obvious that we'd have our work cut out for us. Of specific conce...

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Students Learn about Brains on Cocaine, Alcohol and Ecstasy 2005-03-07
Grads head back to grade school for Brain Awareness Week Over 100 neuroscience graduate students are getting ready to show real brains to more than 9000 elementary and high schools students in and...

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After Basic Needs are Met: Psychological Help Vital for Tsunami Survivors 2005-01-14
Tsunami victims are currently scrambling to meet basic human needs—shelter, food and water—as defined by psychologist Abraham H. Maslow (1908-1970) in his famous hierarchy of needs. As weeks go by,...

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Highest Honor Bestowed By Quebec Government in Biomedical Science Awarded to Rémi Quirion 2004-11-09
At the Prix du Québec awards ceremony, which took place today at the Quebec National Assembly, Rémi Quirion, PhD, FRSC, CQ, scientific director of the Douglas Hospital Research Centre and the first...

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Latest Discoveries About Brain Revealed to General Public for the Research Centre's 25th Anniversary Celebrations 2004-06-05
Would you like to see a human brain up close? Do you want to know why researchers study “Ice Storm babies”? Why it’s important to study rats swimming in a pool? What Barbie would look like if she w...

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