We were delighted to welcome a keenly interested group from the La Fondation des maladies mentales, lead by its President, Mr. Jean-Luc Taschereau, for a comprehensive presentation and tour of the Quebec Brain Bank (formerly known as the Douglas Resea

For Easter season, researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute have some advice: drink red wine (with moderation), black or green tea and eat chocolate. Their findings summarized in the June 2007 Neurochemical Research, describe

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The movie Borderline, which tells the story of a woman with borderline personality disorder, garnered a number of Jutras at the awards ceremony on March 29, 2009, including those for best director and best actress. Borderline was screened last year at

Children's mental health was the theme of the Douglas Institute Foundation's 12th annual Open Minds Benefit, held March 11 at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure. In the presence of Ministers Yves Bolduc (Health and Social Services) and Kathlee

A conference held last week at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute examined the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods and ice storms on mental health. According to panelists, the stress caused by living through one of thes

Web users now have an additional way of accessing the Douglas Mental Health University Institute fact sheets, as PasseportSanté.net has added a number of these fact sheets on various mental health issues, validated and approved by Douglas Insti

The Douglas Institute is part of an international effort to investigate a new treatment A vaccine-based approach could be an effective therapy for people with mild or moderate forms of Alzheimer’s disease. The medication used for this therapy w

Early Diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) may be one step closer thanks to new research conducted at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. The study, authored by Rémi Quirion PhD, scientific director of the D

McGill, MUHC and Douglas researchers, among them Alain Brunet, get top marks from Québec Science