New prize for journal article honours respected Canadian psychiatrist and editor
Posted on: Jan 13, 2022
The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada and the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (JPN) have launched an annual award for the best paper published in the journal, to honour the contributions of psychiatrist and former editor, Dr. Francis ...
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Francis Wayne Quan, MD, DPsych, FRCPC (1945–2021)
Posted on: Oct 18, 2021
The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada lost a dynamic director and Ottawa lost a leading psychiatrist who advocated for his patients when Wayne Quan died on 9 August 2021, following a brief battle with kidney cancer. Wayne’s family had roots in ...
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Shining a light on a hidden issue: mental health during pregnancy
Posted on: Oct 6, 2021
Dr. Simone Vigod wins 7th annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize “It wasn’t long ago that people believed it wasn’t possible to have a mental health problem during pregnancy,” said Dr. Simone Vigod, winner of the 2021 Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize, ...
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Innovative ways to improve student mental health at three Ontario universities garner funding from the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation
Posted on: Dec 14, 2020
The mental health crisis in Canada’s young adults is creating pressure on university mental health services, which are now reaching a tipping point, says Dr. Anne Duffy, a psychiatrist and full professor at Queen’s University, who studies ...
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