April 05, 2010
Section : The Douglas

The basic and clinical research is oriented towards the long-term consequences for the brain of early perinatal and neonatal exposure to stressors.

March 04, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Advice for the family of a person suffering from eating disorders.

October 12, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Understanding eating disorders and their causes is essential to preventing and treating them.

February 26, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Sleep disorders include fatigue created by night shifts, sleep-wake syndrome and jet lag

March 04, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Anxiety is a biological mechanism designed to protect us from dangerous situations. A little anxiety is natural; our reaction to this emotion results in the difference between a pleasant experience and a full-blown panic attack.

March 08, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

People with Attention Deficit Disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) struggle to focus, sit still, or restrain their impulses.

March 16, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Causes and consequences of stress, a state that occurs when the human body experiences a lack of equilibrium, perceived as threatening.

March 08, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

It is estimated that up to 20 percent of Canadian children and youth may be affected by mental illness.

February 26, 2010
Section : Mental Health Info

Apart from the drugs, some other therapies have proved successful to slow the onset of Alzheimer's symptoms.

April 22, 2010
Section : The Douglas

Research at the Eating Disorders Program addresses various aspects of the phenomenology, etiology, and treatment of eating disorders in the spectrum of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.