Got questions about the timing of flu and Covid vaccines? Here鈥檚 what experts say
鈥淚t seems there鈥檚 a whole program in the T cells that makes them very efficient at responding in the day and being less efficient at night,鈥� said Nicolas Cermakian, a chronobiologist at 捆绑SM社区 and the Douglas Research Centre in Montreal. In a 2019 PNAS study, his team showed that vaccines delivered during the day produced more T cell activation than those delivered at night.
Dr. Gustavo Turecki received the Philippe and Maria Halphen Prize from the Acad茅mie des sciences of France. This prize was awarded during an official ceremony at the Institut de France on October 18, 2022. The Philippe and Marie Halphen Prize is awarded to support the development of research projects concerning schizophrenia and severe depression. The Halphen Grand Prize of 20,000 鈧� is awarded to a French-speaking scientist who has contributed to the identification of environmental and biological determinants of psychotic decompensation in adolescents. Congratulations Dr.
Drs. Corina Nagy and Rachel Rabin were awarded Brain and Behavior Research Fund Young Investigator Awards for 2022. The Brain Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grants are awarded annually to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Congratulations to both!
Is maternal instinct a myth? What the new science tells us about mom brains
Cannabis Act needs update to limit legal THC concentration
The task force that studied the legalization of cannabis in 2017-18 had proposed 10 per cent as an upper limit of THC concentration, but when the Cannabis Act was passed, there were no imposed limits, writes Gabriella Gobbi.
Qui perd du poids gagne en mati猫re grise
鈥our parvenir 脿 ces conclusions, Andr茅anne Michaud et son 茅quipe ont d鈥檃bord 茅labor茅, en collaboration avec le professeur Yashar Zeighami, de l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区, un mod猫le qui sert 脿 d茅terminer l鈥櫭﹙olution de la densit茅 de mati猫re grise du cerveau en fonction de l鈥櫭e. 芦 Nous avons utilis茅 des images c茅r茅brales provenant de pr猫s de 600 adultes en sant茅 芒g茅s de 18 脿 75 ans 禄, souligne la directrice de recherche.
Mise en garde contre les effets pervers du mode de scrutin
Quels sont les effets de la consommation de cannabis 脿 long terme?
Quand l鈥檃nxi茅t茅 ronge les jeunes
Le nombre de jeunes souffrant d鈥檃nxi茅t茅 ne cesse d鈥檃ugmenter au Qu茅bec depuis 15 ans. Les ressources d鈥檃ide se font rares. 脌 l鈥檌nverse, les prescriptions de m茅dicaments sont en hausse. Comment venir en aide 脿 ces enfants?
芦 Il faut s鈥檃ttaquer aux causes qui font que les gens ne sont pas capables de g茅rer leurs 茅motions et sont de plus en plus anxieux. Et 莽a passe entre autres par la formation 禄, croit la Dre Karine Igartua, cheffe du d茅partement de psychiatrie du CUSM.
Dr. Romina Mizrahi was among 15 捆绑SM社区 Professors who received a John R. Evans Leaders Fund. Through this program, the receives $262,301 from Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 (CFI), with matching funds contributed through the Quebec government, in support of her research program, Molecular Neuroimaging in Psychosis and Substance Use Disorders. Congratulations Dr. Mizrahi!
Experts call for better dementia treatment in new report, saying most patients receive no care after diagnosis
Gauthier, a professor of neurology and psychiatry at 捆绑SM社区 and director of the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Research Unit in the 捆绑SM社区 Center for Studies in Aging, described dementia as 鈥渁 combination of decline in function in the cognitive abilities, usually memory.
How the U.K. model of postpartum depression care could guide Canada's treatment plan
Tuong-Vi Nguyen, an assistant professor in both the psychiatry and gynecology and obstetrics departments at 捆绑SM社区, says the whole family suffers when the birthing parent experiences postpartum depression.
Les orphelins de la COVID-19
L鈥檃utre 茅l茅ment important est la stigmatisation. 芦 Avec le sida et l鈥橢bola, les orphelins sont souvent stigmatis茅s parce que ce sont des maladies qui font peur 禄, explique C茅cile Rousseau, psychiatre de l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区. 芦 Je participe 脿 un projet de recherche canadien sur les orphelins de l鈥橢bola et de la COVID-19 au Congo. 禄
Doctors have stopped believing that 'chemical imbalance' causes depression. They didn't tell us
Psychiatry has known for some time that the 鈥渟erotonin theory鈥� of depression, the notion that too little of the brain chemical can be a cause of depression, a decades-old hypothesis and deeply entrenched trope in society that helped promote a class of antidepressants taken by millions of Canadians, is wrong, says Montreal psychiatrist Dr. Joel Paris.
Le bras de fer du pot, 18 ou 21 ans?
芦Ce qui dit qu鈥檜ne ann茅e de loi a diminu茅 la consommation chez les jeunes de 7 %. Du point de vue statistique 茅pid茅miologique, c鈥檈st 茅norme!禄 commente la Dre Gabriella Gobbi, psychiatre et professeure 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区. Dre Gobbi avait t茅moign茅 devant la commission parlementaire qui 茅tudiait le projet de loi no 2, en 2019.
