If Canadians living with a mental illness could access better treatments, annually upwards of 352,000 Canadians living with depression or anxiety could re-enter the workforce as productive employees. “This highlights the fact that there is a [return on investment], there is a gain for the employer in acting on mental health in the workplace,” said […]
A new study underscores the importance of identifying and preventing prenatal symptoms of depression to prevent the development of childhood psychopathology. The study utilized the Ludmer Centre’s longitudinal cohort study, MAVAN, and involved four of its researchers Michael J. Meaney, John Lydon, Helene Gaudreau, Ashley Wazana as well as other collaborators, including first author Cathryn […]
In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Yasser Iturria-Medina – one of the LudmerCentre’s promising researchers – and a team of researchers took brain images, blood samples and small amounts of cerebro-spinal fluid from almost 1200 people and crunched the data to find out which patterns were typical of healthy ageing and which were […]
Progress remains limited Everything we know about mental illness, from diagnosis to treatment, begins with a symptom-based checklist. Imagine being diagnosed with cancer based on an interview examination, then being told there is no test to confirm the diagnosis nor to determine which treatment approach is optimal for you. Despite the magnitude and growing recognition of […]