According to the National Institute of Mental Health (USA), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after an exposure to a terrifying event.

The research group directed by Rob Whitley studies the environmental factors that shape the onset and remission of mental illness.

Team members of the Mental Health and Society Research Group

Ongoing research projects that the Mental Health and Society Research Group is working on

The goal of this study  is to understand how we can slow or reverse the emergence of AD symptoms

Contact information for the PREVENT-Alzheimer study

Depression in children: We don’t talk about major depression in babies, but rather about a tendency to be sad.

Members of the CIHR Team in Social and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Research projects led by Reut Gruber's ABS lab.

Stress during pregnancy is also a risk factor that may have significant consequences for the developing fetus.