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Drs. Bahji, Voineskos & Parikh are speaking at Canadian Psychiatric Association's 74th Annual Conference. Please check out the ⁦Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments⁩ talk if you're attending the event! #CPAAnnualConference #CPA74thConference #CPA #CanadianPsychiatricAssociation - via #Whova app

Dr. Parikh and Dr. Bahji presenting as part of our Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments Update on Guidelines for MDD happening now to a packed house at CanPsychiatricAssoc! Raymond Lam 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

🌟 Last week, a group of Genome BC staff came together to #Volunteer at the Greater Vancouver Food Bank, continuing an 18-year tradition. The #GVFB serves over 15,000 people each month and we’re honoured to play a small part in supporting their work. 💙 #VancouverFoodBank #FoodBank

The Science of Kindness. 🧠❤️ Did you know that acts of #Kindness can actually change your brain? Acts of kindness boosts #Serotonin and #Dopamine, which are neurotransmitters in the brain that give you feelings of satisfaction and well-being.

Congratulations to UBC Department of Psychiatry professors Raymond Lam 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 and Dr. Steven Taylor who have been named Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers for 2024. bit.ly/lam-taylor

Thanks, very pleased to have achieved this distinction again, and kudos to my research team and collaborators! Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments The CAN-BIND Depression Network EMBED Canada-China Team APEC Mental Health

Congrats to Dr. Lakshmi Yatham on his reappointment as Head of UBC Department of Psychiatry mednet.med.ubc.ca/announcements/…

Join us in congratulating our Department Head, Dr. Lakshmi Yatham, on his reappointment! We look forward to another 5 successful years of strategic growth under his leadership. bit.ly/lyatham-reappo…

Daylight savings makes no sense, is counter what we know about light & heath, easy to fix & Dr Samer Hattar, Chief of the Section on Light & Circadian Rhythms National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has said this many times. Tax-payer-allowed discoveries made this clear, so what more is needed to convince?

There is talk by folks like Elon Musk Donald Trump Jr. about abolishing the changing of times from standard to daylight savings time. FYI "fall back" time change is standard time and the "spring forward" is daylight savings. What concerns me is the talk is about making Daylight

Can #ketamine revolutionize #depressiontreatment? 🧠 Join Michigan Medicine psychiatry experts this Thursday Dec. 5 at 7 PM EST to learn about its rapid relief, therapy options, and telehealth risks during a special #MindMatters webinar! 🔗Registration Link: medicine.umich.edu/dept/psychiatr…

In a new paper, Nadler et al. consider prenatal cannabis & tobacco exposure and middle childhood behavioural outcomes. This visual abstract was prepared by Michael Wong. Full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We’re thrilled about this project and the immense potential it holds!

Pleased that my paper on bibliotherapy for psychiatry patients has been published in the December issue of the BCMJ. I hope bibliotherapy.ca is a useful resource for patients, families and clinicians. UBC Department of Psychiatry

💥 Deadline is fast approaching on January 31st! Apply now for an IMH Marshall Fellowship in Mental Health: psychiatry.ubc.ca/institute-of-m… UBC Department of Psychiatry Medicine G+PS

Exciting opportunity for a psychiatrist to join the Vancouver Coastal Health Early Psychosis Intervention team! Vancouver Coastal Health Learn more: tinyurl.com/3he382ye

Check out these great tips to start the new year! UBC Department of Psychiatry Prof. Raymond Lam 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 reminds us that taking a brisk winter walk and getting outdoor light is a good strategy to reset and boost mood, especially during these darker winter months

Light therapy vs. SSRI for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): 📊 Comparable response and remission rates ⏱️ Light therapy delivered faster relief 💡 Fewer side effects with light therapy Let's dive into the study 🧵 1/11

In a new paper, Careau et al. conduct an analysis of news media coverage of suicide in Canada. Good news: they find that adherence to the responsible suicide reporting guidelines has "moderately improved over the course of the 4-year period." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…