“Nothing about us without us”: Dr. Srividya Iyer’s research involves youth in services for their mental health
Posted on: Dec 13, 2023
Dr. Srividya Iyer wins the ninth annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize Dr. Srividya Iyer is helping transform Canada’s services for mental health for youth and transforming lives as a result. Dr. Iyer, a professor at the Douglas Research Centre, ...
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Creating community, dealing with death: Ottawa’s Healthy End of Life (HELP) project
Posted on: Aug 31, 2023
The multifaceted program transformed how communities cope with illness, loss and grieving. But the project’s end is just the beginning for better approaches to death. When the communities involved in Ottawa’s Healthy End of Life (HELP) project ...
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A brave research journey for BRAVA: a group intervention to help youth who are thinking about suicide
Posted on: May 10, 2023
A plan to help youth experiencing suicidal ideation, as well as their parents or caregivers, had to pivot when the pandemic started. It started with a good idea — to offer adolescents who were thinking about suicide, as well as their parents or ...
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First annual Dr. Francis Wayne Quan Memorial Prizes awarded
Posted on: Apr 12, 2023
The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada and the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (JPN) are happy to announce the first winners of the annual Dr. Francis Wayne Quan Memorial Prize for the best papers published in JPN over the previous year. ...
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