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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
News and Events
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Congratulations to PGY5 Resident, Dr. Jennifer Pytyck, on receiving the 2012 Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Fellowship. The Education Committee of the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (CAPL) takes great pleasure in announcing the seventh Annual CAPL Fellowship competition for residents. CAPL is a Canadian organization dedicated to promoting all aspects of the discipline of forensic psychiatry, and to providing forensic psychiatry practitioners and trainees, as well as others interested in the field, with current, relevant information, a collegial environment, a structure committed to advancing the interests of forensic practitioners, and an annual three-day conference and educational event. Dr. Pytyck will present her paper entitled "Move Over Regina – The Sovereign Citizen Movement and Its Impact on Canadian Forensic Psychiatry”. Trainees awarded the CAPL Fellowship will receive coverage of their expenses, including travel, lodging, and conference fee, for the CAPL Annual Meeting to be held March 4 - 7, 2012, at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler in British Columbia.
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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.
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.
