Knocking on the right door.

June 28, 2010

Overcoming the fear of body dysmorphic disorder: Psychological support for what some may think are cosmetic issues Getting a nose job to treat a mental health problem? Whitening your teeth to overcome a severe anxiety disorder? These are not exactly what one would call effective therapies.

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When the heart has a mind of its own. A scientific day on heart-brain interactions in mental health.

June 07, 2010

MONTREAL, Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - We say that a lost love leads to a broken heart, even though most unsuccessful relationships are really an affair of the mind. When faced with severe stress, we are told to get our minds off of things, even though it's a pounding heart that bears the brunt of our anxiety! These two organs, the heart and the brain, indeed represent a confused combination of power, influence and interdependence.

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Dr. Emmanuel Stip Appointed Head of Université de Montréal’s Department of Psychiatry

September 25, 2009

On June 1, Dr. Emmanuel Stip, a psychiatrist and clinician-researcher at Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine since 1992, was appointed as head of the department of psychiatry in the Université de Montréal’s faculty of medicine. He was given a four-year mandate.

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Mental Health at Work: Detection before Treatment

September 16, 2009

Over the past few years, problems of mental health at work have become more and more preoccupying. They represent one of the significant causes of absenteeism, and hence result in human and financial costs for employees as well as for businesses and for society as a whole.

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Have you recently been the victim of a criminal act?

September 09, 2009

The Trauma Studies Centre (TSC) of the Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of the Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital is currently carrying out a study on the psychological and social impacts of criminal victimization. The TSC is seeking people aged 18 and over who have been the victim of a criminal act in the past 20 days.

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Are Worry and Anxiety Getting the Better of You?

August 21, 2009

The Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin at Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine is currently looking for individuals who suffer from pronounced or excessive anxiety, panic attacks and a fear of being in public places to take part in a major research study.

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You want to support mental health research ?

August 14, 2009

Your donations contribute to the development of cutting-edge research in the area of mental health at the Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin of the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine.

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Dawson revisited: groundbreaking study on psychological impact

June 29, 2009

Less than two percent of the community were diagnosed with post-traumatic stress...

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International Congress on Mental Health in New York

June 29, 2009

Experts from Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital Present Their Research Findings

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Exams stress your teens ?

June 16, 2009

Peer pressure, exams, homework, raging hormones - stress, stress and more stress! The issues facing our young teenagers today are abundant as they engage in what seems like an endless transition...

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New Hot-Seat in Autism Research and Advocacy

May 19, 2009

Congratulations to Dr. Laurent Mottron, senior researcher at the Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of the Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital and founder and head of the Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital Autism Clinic, who has received the new Marcel & Rolande Gosselin Research Chair in Autism Cognitive Neuroscience of the Université de Montréal

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Each stress in its time

May 13, 2009

Exposure to stress affects the brain, but different brain areas are vulnerable at particular times in life, shows a review article published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience by Dr. Sonia Lupien, scientific director of the Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital. This will affect the functioning of these brain areas, leading to disorders such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Quality of Nursing Care When Patients Are Isolated with or without Restraint

March 05, 2009

A study conducted under the direction of Caroline Larue, Ph.D.—a researcher at the Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital’s Fernand-Seguin Research Centre and the Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en sciences infirmières de Montréal, as well as an associate professor at the Université de Montréal—reveals that nursing care in the area of isolation and restraint meets the required standards of quality.

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Schizophrenia: What If Nature Confused the Sexes?

January 01, 1900

Reversal of Sexual Dimorphism in People with Schizophrenia MONTREAL, March 26, 2009—The brain of a schizophrenic woman possesses masculine qualities while that of a man with the same disease has feminine attributes, according to a recent study by Dr. Adrianna Mendrek from Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital.

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Collaboration with families

Partnership

Fernand-Seguin Research Centre of Louis-H. Lafontaine Hospital has a successful partnership with the Riviere-des-Prairies  Hospital Research Centre and Institut Philippe-Pinel Institute Research Centre

 

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Stéphane Potvin, Ph. D.
Research Area

Biological, Psychological and Social Signatures of Mental Health

Study Participants Needed

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