Three research teams connected to the University of Ottawa Institute for Mental Health Research (IMHR) at The Royal were awarded over $800,000 of funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) for total project costs of ~$2M.
Grant program empowers interdisciplinary, client-shaped mental health research.
The rising rate of opioid-related deaths across Canada has been a public health emergency for over a decade. COVID-19 has exacerbated this crisis.
The Royal’s Winter Garden was full of people the morning of February 23, gathered for a mysterious press conference announcing the largest individual donation The Royal has ever received.
Every year, Women in Mind brings together 200 leading researchers and care providers for one of Canada’s only academic conferences devoted to women’s mental health.
Spend a morning at The Royal getting your brain scanned for science
Mental health research is not yet as advanced as other medical fields such as cancer or cardiovascular diseases.
COVID-19 Q&A:
Do you have any tips on dealing with anxiety issues related to the COVID-19 crisis and front-line employees?
Answer:
Royal Ottawa Place is not an ordinary long-term care home, it is an extraordinary one.
What do neurons use to talk to each other? A cellular phone.
Get it? Did you LOL (laugh-out-loud?) Did you feel your brain releasing serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins? Because it totally did.
Thank you, Ottawa!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in and donated to the 2023 Ottawa Shoppers Drug Mart® Run for Women!
“All behaviour has a purpose,” says Nick Feltz, a behaviour therapist in The Royal’s Geriatric Psychiatry Program. As a member of The Royal’s Behavioural Support Outreach team, Feltz spends his days at various long term care homes across Ottawa.
Dear Friends,
Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I was sitting in my office one afternoon, meeting with a patient online, when they asked, “Dr. Beck, am I going to be able to finish high school?”
They say that one measure of a society is how we care for the most vulnerable in our community.
Understanding the progression of treatment-resistant depression
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among youth and young adults in Canada. Every year, 4,000 people die by suicide in Canada alone.
In the hustle and bustle of daily life, maintaining our good mental health often takes a back seat, but it doesn’t need to be this way – and it doesn’t need to be complicated.
Can better data collection accelerate our understanding of the links between mental health and cardiac research and care?
With the support of DIFD and the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation, Dr. Zachary Kaminsky, an expert in suicide predictors and major depression, will join The Royal as the first research chair in Ottawa dedicated to suicide prevention. Dr. Kaminsky is one of the first researchers to connect molecular biology and mental health.
The Royal continues to lead the way in mental health and substance use health research through the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – January 18, 2022: The Royal is proud to announce t
International Women’s Day (March 8) is all about celebrating women’s achievements, while calling for a more gender-balanced world.