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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
News and Events
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Congratulations to Dr. Claudio Soares and his team in the Mood Disorders Clinic and the Women's Health Concerns Clinic who have been awarded a 4-year CIHR Operating Grant to study the mechanisms by which estrogen regulates mood, behaviour, and temperature in midlife women suffering from depression. This was an extremely competitive round, with 2300 proposals submitted toCIHR and only 19 awards granted to McMaster University. We are verypleased that Psychiatry scored this one.
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The slides Dr. Nick Kates used in his Grand Rounds presentation to the Department on January 25th. on the future of the Department entitled “Excellence, Innovation, Partnerships and Integrity : Revitalizing, Rebuilding and Renewing our Department” are now available in the News and Events section of the website.
- Book announcement: Psychiatry in Primary Care: A Concise Canadian Pocket Guide, edited by David S. Goldbloom and J. Davine.
Message from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. We are a faculty with a tradition of innovation and collaboration and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence in research, education and clinical care. This website will introduce you to the exceptional people and programs in our department.
This is a remarkable time in the history of psychiatry. We are witnessing an explosion of new knowledge about mental illness. New research findings from epidemiology, neurosciences, genetics and brain imaging are changing how we conceptualize psychiatric illnesses while research in psychotherapy and psychopharmacology have made us aware of the tremendous opportunities to alleviate the suffering of the many people with mental illnesses and addictions.
