DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCES
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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University conducts clinical care and research within the university community and throughout a unique regional network of partner organizations. Our goal is straightforward: to be the most innovative Department of Psychiatry anywhere.
Within the Department, our members are committed to excellence in inter-professional educational scholarship across the continuum, spanning undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education domains. We have a strong track record of enhancing the knowledge and skills of health professionals utilizing a competency-based approach. Our unique strengths derive from a foundation and love of teaching within our faculty, many of whom were attracted to the department by the creative and innovative culture of education fostered by the medical school.
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Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience is focused broadly on increasing our understanding of factors leading to the onset and maintenance of mental illnesses and addiction, as well as the development and evaluation of new assessment methods and treatment approaches. The overall goal of this research is to improve quality of life and treatment outcomes in individuals struggling with mental illness and addiction. Our research mission is driven by our strategic aims to improve detection, access and transitions, to integrate psychiatry across medicine and healthcare and to advance person- and family-centred care.
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University is a multidisciplinary department consisting of MD and non-MD faculty working within a unique regional network of psychiatric services that integrates two general hospitals, a network of community services, a 24-hour regional psychiatric emergency service, an innovative shared-care mental health program, and outreach services for children, adults and the elderly.
Dr. Flávio Kapczinski received his certificate for 2018 highly cited researchers from the Web of Science Group. This is in recognition of exce...
Dr. Sheryl Green spoke to the The Wall Street Journal about her treatment program for perinatal anxiety. Topic: Therapy for Pregnant Wom...
The Psychiatry Elves are gearing into action for another year! The Elves were started a few years ago by former McMaster ...
On November 1, 2018, Michael Amlung and Margaret McKinnon were honoured to be invited to participate in a National Roundtable on Post-T...
Department member and MacART co-director Dr. Stelios Georgiades was interviewed for a Globe and Mail investigation on the need for regulation and e...
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CBC Interview with several McMaster faculty, Drs. Benicio Frey, Michael Amlung and James MacKillop to name a few. Title: "Everything you want to kn...
David Streiner was interviewed for an editorial in the International Journal of Clinical Practice: Truth teller of statistical concepts...
We are very pleased to be able to let you know that all of our psychiatry residents who took the Royal College exam last month passed. Congra...
Benicio Frey and his family participated in the Run With Your Heart to Restore Your Mind event on Saturday, June 2, 2018. What a great cause! ...
We are very pleased to be able to let you know that our proposal for a Masters Program in the Psychotherapies has been approved by the Ontario Univ...
Margaret McKinnon who was honoured on April 16th at a ceremony commemorating her appointment as the inaugural Homewood Chair in Mental Health and ...
On behalf of all of us in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, we would all like to congratulate Harriet ...
On March 26, 2018, Health Canada announced changes in the way methadone and heroin will be prescribed, and CBC asked James MacKillop ...
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Our faculty who have just received CIHR grants: Zena Samaan and James MacKillop who are co-PIs on a $1,11...
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