Research projects of the Bipolar Disorders Program Research Group.

All laboratory projects require and utilize a multidisciplinary approach, ranging from behavioral models to cellular events, involving the latest technology.

Directed by Sylvain Williams, PhD, the lab is interested in two brain structures – the hippocampus and the septum – which interact closely in order to generate critical aspects of learning and memory.

The MGSS conducts research on suicide among aboriginal people.

The lab is interested in the effects of stress on the aging process and in individual differences in stress responsivity.

Natasha Rajah's research team uses brain imaging to examine the neural substrates of learning and memory in healthy young adults.  

The team is studying the determinants of psychological distress in 258,000 residents of southwest Montreal, in order to optimize mental health services in the community.  

Investigators at the Centre conduct multidisciplinary research on human circadian rhythms (daily rhythmic events) and sleep.  

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

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.