Christina Gianoulakis wants to elucidate the role of the endogenous opioid peptide systems in mediating the reinforcing effects of alcohol.

Marie-Josée Fleury studies healthcare system organizations and evaluation of mental health services.

Jean-Bruno Debruille studies the processes that precede and permit the conscious perception using fMRI and ERPs.

Anne Crocker, PhD, focuses her work on the interface between mental health and the law.

Jean Caron's research relates mainly to the epidemiology of mental illnesses and suicide.

Diane B. Boivin, MD, PhD, conducts research as an expert in sleep and circadian rhythms disorders since 1986.  

Serge Beaulieu studies neurobiological responses to antidepressant and mood stabilizer treatment in bipolar disorders.

Work from Rémi Quirion's lab has helped to characterize the roles of cholinergic synapses in Alzheimer Disease, neuropeptide Y in depression and learning, and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in pain and opioid tolerance.

The researchers working on the “Services, policy and population health” theme come from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds: psychiatry, epidemiology, law, anthropology, economy, psychology, social work, administration. Their goal is to inspire and influence developments in mental health policy so that people living with a mental illness can obtain the care and services to which they are entitled. To accomplish this, the researchers: Study the organization of mental health s...

Modern life imposes on us a fast-pace rythm where work play the central part. In this context, how to preserve our mental health?