Jacques Tremblay is actively involved in quality assurance, and in improving the safety of medication use.

David Laplante has been studying the link between prenatal stress and early childhood development.

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

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.  

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...

The researchers exploring the “Schizophrenia and neurodevelopmental disorders” theme focus on the causes, course, treatment and prevention of: Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and Gilles de la Tourette syndrome Autism (research and evaluation) In Canada, one in a hundred people will be diagnosed with schizophrenia while 3 to 5% of children have an attention deficit...

 In collaboration with Heritage Laurentien, the Douglas Institute has put in a new plantation of trees, to replace those who had to be destroyed. This initiative is also conducted by the Ville de Montréal, that has planned to plant 375 000 trees,

Marie-Thérèse Fortin and her friends invite you to a show in support of the Douglas Foundation