The Douglas shares its knowledge with students, staff members, researchers, mental health professionals, workers, and the general public.

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

As the professional chief of psychology , Margaret Peggy O'Byrne is responsible for evaluating the quality of professional acts of psychologists.

Ashok Malla is an international leader in the development of programs for, and research in, early intervention in psychosis.

As a clinician, Johanne Renaud holds the title of medical chief for the youth section of the Douglas Institute’s Depressive Disorders Program.

The research of Myra Piat focuses on housing for persons with serious mental illness and recovery from serious mental illness.

Michel Perreault's main focus is the evaluation of psychiatric and substance abuse programs.  

Duncan Pedersen studies how societies impact the mental health of their citizens. His work focuses on Latin America.

Eric Latimer, PhD, is a health economist and looks for ways to improve the services to people with severe forms of mental illness.

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