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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
This talk will be presented by Associate Professor Cheryl Harasymchuk, from the Department of Psychology. Relationships are fundamental for our health and well-being. Indeed, people with higher quality relationships tend to have greater life satisfaction and lower mortality rates. Although romantic relationships usually take the spotlight,... More
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
This session will be presented by Associate Professor Michael Hildebrand, from the Department of Neuroscience. Chronic pain represents a highly prevalent and debilitating healthcare crisis, with direct connections to mental health challenges. The ongoing opioid epidemic illustrates the urgent need to develop new therapeutic approaches for pain... More
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
This session is presented by Professor Shawn Hayley from the Department of Neuroscience. Stressors may take many forms, ranging from psychological upsets to chemical toxins to immunological infections. Regardless of the type of stressor (and severity), they all take a toll on the body. The immune system and brain and the major body systems... More
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
This session was presented by Assistant Professor Chad Danyluck, from the Department of Psychology. There is a preponderance of research examining the benefits of meditation for personal health. Surprisingly, the literature has been relatively silent about how meditation might change society via changes to the individual. This talk will present... More
Thursday, May 13, 2021
This session will be presented by Assistant Professor Robyn McQuaid, from the Department of Neuroscience. Despite the prevalence and burden of depression, effective treatments lag behind that of many physical conditions owing, in part, to the complexity of this disorder. Depressive symptoms can be very different from one individual to the next and... More
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The purpose of this one-hour virtual event is to provide education around substance use and addiction, as well as to create awareness of resources such as the All People All Pathways weekly group for faculty and staff. This event will provide education as to the neural basis of addiction and how stress and trauma... More
Monday, April 19, 2021
This session is presented by Dr. Argel Aguilar-Valles, an Assistant Professor with the Department of Neuroscience. More than 1/3 of patients diagnosed with major depression do not respond to traditional antidepressant treatments, such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Recently, ketamine was approved for the treatment of those patients that did not... More
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
This session was led by Professor Rachel Burns, from Carleton University's Department of Psychology, as part of the Healthy Workplace Mental Health Speaker Series 2020/2021. Compared to the general population, adults with diabetes are at increased risk of some mental health problems, including depression. Evidence suggests that the association... More
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
About 10-20% of children and youth are diagnosed with a mental disorder and many more experience subclinical symptoms of mental disorders. With increasing prevalence rates, researchers are attempting to identify modifiable behaviours that can prevent symptoms related to mental disorders. Promoting physical activity and reducing screen time have... More
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
This session was offered as part of the Healthy Workplace Mental Health Speaker Series 2020/2021. Find out more. Session Description Often when we talk about resilience, we look to the factors that protect us against the negative impacts of stressful experiences. Less attention is paid to what is needed after a traumatic stressor appears to have... More
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