Latest News Stories
Past events
News & Events
New Australian Study Seeks Participants from Around the World
Mood Memos is a University of Melbourne study exploring a method of preventing depression through the internet. The study is targeted to people experiencing some depression symptoms who are not yet too severe, with the aim of averting depression or relapse.
The Mood Memos study will trial the effectiveness of an email-based mental health promotion for depression symptoms. Emails are delivered every few days for 6 weeks, bringing expert coping advice and information about depression directly to email inboxes.
*****************************************************
MDA Education Evening - Thursday September 16, 2010
Borderline Personality Disorder - Fact and Fiction
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood psychiatric disorders, yet one of the most serious. 75% of people with BPD attampt suicide; 8-10% die by suicide.
Dr. Alex Chapman will challenge some of the common myths about BPD and explain what causes ongoing instability of emotions that affect our relationships, behaviour and identity.
BPD is a treatable psychiatric disorder!
**********************************************
Science Update
April 06, 2010
Family History of Depression Alters Brain’s Response to Reward and Risk
Girls at high risk for depression but without current or past clinically significant symptoms showed abnormal brain function related to anticipating and receiving either a reward or loss, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). According to the researchers, this abnormal brain function may be useful for predicting future illness in people with a family history of depression. The study was published in the April 2010 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
April 06, 2010
Family History of Depression Alters Brain’s Response to Reward and Risk
Girls at high risk for depression but without current or past clinically significant symptoms showed abnormal brain function related to anticipating and receiving either a reward or loss, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). According to the researchers, this abnormal brain function may be useful for predicting future illness in people with a family history of depression. The study was published in the April 2010 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
MDA Walk-In Psychiatric Clinic
The Mood Disorders Association of BC, in conjunction with clinic directors, Dr. Ron Remick, Dr. Chris Gorman, and Dr. Judy Allen operate a psychiatric clinic in Vancouver, BC.
For detailed clinic information, click here.
Past Events
That's Just Nuts! October 2008
click for more information
PAST MDA EDUCATION EVENINGS
click for more information
Margaret Trudeau Speaks 2008
click for more information
|
Text Size
 |
Design by BlueMist | |||||
| © 2009 Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia. All rights reserved. | |||||||
| MDA does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. See additional information. | |||||||
