People are referred to the Outpatient Clinic by the “guichet d’accès” of their CLSC or by other services at the Douglas Institute.

What are the consequences of a "non-criminally responsable" verdict?

Mental Health and homelessness > Law reforms have contributed to the criminalization of psychiatry in Quebec.

Directed by J. Bruno Debruille, MD, PhD, the laboratory attempts to discover the neurocognitive mechanisms of psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, such as delusions, hallucinations, and alienation.

In 1982, after consultation with the Canadian government, the Director-General of WHO designates the Douglas Mental Health University Institute as the first Collaborating Centre for research and training in mental health in Canada.

Depression in young people is considered a disorder when feelings of sadness, emptiness, etc. last for many days and significantly impair life.

The lab team studies the effect of prenatal stress on childhood development and the various risk factors associated with schizophrenia.  

Directed by Alain Brunet, PhD, this research laboratory studies the impact of traumatic events.

The MGSS conducts research on suicide among aboriginal people.

Directed by Michel Perreault, PhD, this research group is conducting a study on obstacles to treatment for individuals with anxiety disorders.