Causes and treatments of psychosis, a syndrome associated with a variety of mental, behavioural and emotional problems.

Classes are held every Tuesdays at 7 PM, from October 23 to November 27, 2007. They were overseen by Hani Iskandar, MD, Clinical Chief at Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Coordinator in Undergraduate Medical Education at Douglas I

Douglas Hospital was founded in 1881 by Alfred Perry and a group of Protestant clergy and Montréal citizens.

Ng Ying Kin uses neurochemical analyses to identify peripheral biological markers for various psychiatric disorders.

Judes Poirier who had discovered a novel genetic risk factor that triggers the common form of Alzheimer’s disease, again made history in June.  

N.P. Vasavan Nair, M.D., FRCPC, has contributed to the Douglas Institute in a variety of capacities.

Serge Gauthier has contributed to the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to Alzheimer's Disease and other dementing disorders.  

We all know that, as a population, we are getting older: By 2016, 17% of Canadians will be at least 65 years old and, as the population ages, the number of Alzheimer’s cases will rise accordingly (Statistics Canada) The risk of depression among caregivers of Alzheimer’s sufferers is twice as high as for informal caregivers of individuals with no dementia The needs of our aging population will be a heavy load to bear if we do not find more effective means to treat and prevent ...

A vaccine-based approach could be an effective therapy for people with mild or moderate form of Alzheimer's disease.

Question period following a lecture by Serge Gauthier, MD, on Alzheimer's disease in 2007 (in French).