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The Douglas welcomed MP Élisabeth Brière on her visit to announce CIHR Project grants and meet with ACCESS Open Minds

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Ms. Élisabeth Brière, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, visited the Douglas last Friday, Aug 19, 2022, to meet with some of our recently-funded researchers, and to learn more about the mental health research being carried out at the Douglas. MP Brière formally announced $4.7 million for … Read more

Hendlisz Event 2019

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Hendlisz Event 2019

The Leo and Rachel Hendlisz Awards are given to the best research articles of the year published by students and postdoctoral fellows of the Douglas Research Centre. The 2019 awardees were announced at a special scientific event held on December 16, 2019. Congratulations to the winners, and a special thank you to the Hendlisz family for making this possible.

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A new molecular target identified in depression

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New treatment approach could give quicker response times The discovery of a new mechanism involved in depression – and a way to target it with a drug as effective as classical antidepressants — provides new understanding of this illness and could pave the way for treatments with fewer side effects. In a study published in … Read more

Research from the Flores lab shows teens’ brains make them more vulnerable to suicide

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A paper published by the Flores laboratory sheds some light on the role of gene, called DCC, which controls dopamine connectivity in the prefrontal cortex during adolescence, and show that dysfunction of the gene — through stress and drug abuse, for example — can lead to long-term mental health consequences. View the original research article: … Read more