New work by the Douglas Mental Health University Institute Mallar Chakravarty sheds light on the links between the shape of the hippocampus and memory function.

Bruno Giros, professor in the Department of Psychiatry, explained on the air at Radio-Canada how his work on dopamine in the brain  opens new avenues.

Different forms of early childhood trauma can increase the risk for mental illness in adulthood.

Researchers find a small region in the genome that plays a role in the development of psychiatric disease and obesity.

Effects of child abuse  > Researchers are exploring the effects of child abuse on the brain and on suicidal tendency.

Brain Imaging Centre > Inaugurated May 14, this is the first brain imaging centre in Quebec dedicated to psychiatry and mental health.

Stress in the city > Time Magazine, Huffington Post, Scientific American and others  talk about Jens Pruessner's surprising study results.

Clocks in the human brain > Twenty-four hour cycles, known as circadian rhythms, are important for normal brain function and mental health.

The arrival of a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner marks an important step in the construction of the future Brain Imaging Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.

Launch of the construction work of the brain imaging centre.