In this letter to the editor, we share our concerns as #addiction psychiatrists on the recommendation against prescribing #antidepressants in the Canadian guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder CMAJ cmaj.ca/content/196/10…

Physician Feature: Dr. Noah Silverberg 🩺

Dr. Silverberg is working with researchers around the world to establish a more effective way to diagnose concussion, designing new criteria that can be applicable across age groups.

Learn more: bit.ly/3J0Acj2

They'll try to tell you that the Norris Trophy is a two-horse race between Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar. Don't let them.

Hughes has crushed Makar this season by basically any metric. #Canucks vancouverisawesome.com/canucks-hockey… vancouverisawesome.com/canucks-hockey…

Many people with #bipolardisorder want to use apps📱to self-monitor and manage their symptoms, but it’s hard to know which apps are safe, effective, & appropriate 🤔 This self-paced module can help you (& your clinicians) learn about & select the mental health app that suits you.

Apps can transform our lives, but finding the right app can be a tricky choice. We created a free web resource to help people living with bipolar disorder pick the right mental health app for their needs. Check it out! ↓

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#WorldBipolarDay #BipolarStrong

Evidence-informed tool designed by Emma Morton and funded by Michael Smith Health Research BC launched on #WorldBipolarDay John Torous, MD MBI Lakshmi Yatham UBC Department of Psychiatry

A big thank you to CBC/Radio-Canada for bringing this important research to light, especially for the communities of northern BC.

We're thrilled to be one of the funders along with Genome Canada and CIHR

Read the full article here: ici.radio-canada.ca/info/long-form…

#SilentGenomes

🎉 Congratulations Dr. Vila-Rodriguez NINET Lab!

.UBC Department of Psychiatry is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Tamara Vanderwal Tamara Vanderwal as Assistant Professor tenure-track on April 1! Her innovative research program will investigate biomarkers to inform personalized care for youth w/ depression bit.ly/43BfWOI

DORAs - The Efficacy of Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonists (DORAs) in the Treatment of Insomnia: Meta Analysis 📚

Mechanisms of Action:🧠

👉Orexin, a neuropeptide integral to wakefulness, interacts with orexin receptor 1 (OxR1) and orexin receptor 2 (OxR2), both G-protein coupled…

How Problematic are Benzodiazepines?

This week, the new Journals of The American Psychiatric Association paper on these meds drawing on 20 yrs of Danish data with almost a million people. Did the pendulum swing too far? Also, Michael Dickson on his illness & humility (@SchizBulletin).

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We know digital literacy is a barrier to equity in digital health. So our team is thrilled to share our adapted Digital Navigator training and resources through this new collaboration with the APA and SMI Adviser: All free and all online today: psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/…

What predicts mental illness?
The largest meta-analysis of antecedents to depression, bipolar disorder and psychosis to date is here:
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Dr. Vigo Mental Health Systems and Services Laboratory and Dr. Rush CAMH Research share fascinating findings of their work focused on needs-based planning for Mental Health and Substance Use Services in BC in a keyote presentation #ConcurrentDisorders2024

Congrats, Fidel, well deserved!!

The April issue is now out & online, with articles on heat resilience, cannabidiol, and ECT. Find it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/CPA/current

#ParticipateInResearch to help Mood Disorders UBC investigators test whether a specific combination of biomarkers can help predict how someone experiencing a major depressive episode will respond to treatment: vchri.ca/research-study… #YesToResearch #LendAHand Raymond Lam Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

#LendAHand to help Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Health Lab investigators examine the effects of 12 weeks of high-intensity interval training on the cognitive health of perimenopausal women: vchri.ca/research-study… #YesToResearch #ParticipateInResearch Centre for Aging SMART Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA Psychiatry:

Are adverse childhood experiences associated with poor mental health in adulthood after adjustment for familial confounding due to shared genetic and environmental factors?

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We are excited to announce that the BC Concurrent Disorders conference is accredited by UBC CPD to provide CPD credits for physicians. Provincial Health Services Authority BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services UBC Medicine

Visit our website for the full accreditation statement & to get your free ticket: site.pheedloop.com/event/BCCD/home