/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9125/all en /newsroom/channels/news/time-nature-benefits-children-mental-health-difficulties-study-361155 <p>A team of researchers from McGill and Université de Montréal’s Observatoire pour l’éducation et la santé des enfants (OPES, or observatory on children’s health and eduation), led by Sylvana Côté, spending two hours a week of class time in a natural environment can reduce emotional distress among 10- to 12-year-olds who had the most significant mental health problems before the program began.</p> Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:36:49 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 314821 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/parenting-programs-help-kids-provide-insufficient-support-parents-study-finds-360264 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> <p>Parenting programs that address both mental health and parenting skills can improve children’s development, but often fall short when it comes to offering effective mental-health support for parents, new research suggests.</p> <p>“It’s a surprising contradiction,” said the study’s lead author,<a href="/newsroom/marilyn-ahun"> Marilyn Ahun</a>, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University. “Our findings show the potential of multi-component programs, while revealing gaps that need to be addressed.”</p> Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:54:54 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 314692 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-having-purpose-life-can-bolster-mens-mental-health-351137 <p>Despite growing awareness about the high rates of suicide among men, research is still needed to examine men’s mental health challenges. Existential psychology, with its focus on questions of meaning and value, may bring new insights that can aid in this examination.</p> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:59:26 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 307354 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/worlds-most-comprehensive-study-covid-19-mental-health-346392 <p>COVID-19 has taken a relatively limited toll on the mental health of most people around the globe, according to a paper published today in the <i>BMJ </i>by a McGill University-led research team involving collaborators from McMaster University, the University of Toronto, and other institutions.</p> <p>The team reviewed data from 137 studies in various languages involving 134 cohorts of people from around the world. Most of the studies were from high or middle-income countries, and about 75% of participants were adults and 25% were children and adolescents between the ages of 10-19.</p> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:33:36 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 293538 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/addressing-violent-extremism-quebec-346280 <p>Violent extremism in Canada is now considered a significant public health issue requiring prevention programs. At the same time that a surge in far-right movements has become a top concern for national security, Ottawa continues efforts to bring home and reintegrate women detained in Syria after travelling to join the Islamic State.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 13:18:37 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 292633 at /newsroom /newsroom/marie-claude-geoffroy Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:19:17 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288864 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/shielding-children-food-insecurity-no-protection-psychological-problems-339451 <p>It’s easy to imagine the emotional distress of both parents and children in families where there isn’t enough to eat. Especially if it happens regularly. An increasing number of studies have shown an association between food insecurity and adverse mental health outcomes. Now, new research from McGill University has looked at the impacts of food insecurity on the mental health of both parents and children separately.</p> Wed, 04 May 2022 03:44:41 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288121 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/new-mothers-negatively-impacted-covid-19-pandemic-policies-331444 <p>Giving birth can be a joyous, yet stressful experience in the best of times – but what happens when a global public health crisis is thrown into the mix? McGill University and the University of Toronto researchers examined the effects certain pandemic policies have had on the mental health of Canadian women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:56:44 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269535 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-concordia-uottawa-research-team-finds-correlation-between-covid-19-based-discrimination-and-331009 <p>Visible minorities, health-care workers and young people in Quebec have been at higher risk of experiencing COVID-19-related discrimination and more likely to suffer from poor mental health in the past year, according to a collective of researchers from McGill University, Concordia University and the University of Ottawa.</p> <p>The researchers set out to study how factors such as people’s socioeconomic and minority status, discrimination, stigmatization and mental health impact their understanding and adoption of public health measures to combat the coronavirus.</p> Wed, 12 May 2021 14:12:55 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 264951 at /newsroom /newsroom/karen-hetherington Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:16:56 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 262294 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researchers-launch-multicultural-mental-health-resource-centre-327768 <p>Bell Let's Talk, McGill University, The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) and the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital are pleased to announce the official launch of the <a href="https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3039650-1&h=3962097836&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.multiculturalmentalhealth.ca%2F&a=Multicultural+Mental+Health+Resource+Centre" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre</a> (MMHRC).</p> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:08:44 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 256257 at /newsroom /newsroom/robert-whitley Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:02:06 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252654 at /newsroom /newsroom/anna-weinberg Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:46:06 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252652 at /newsroom /newsroom/brett-thombs Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:22:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252647 at /newsroom /newsroom/reut-gruber Wed, 09 Dec 2020 18:23:32 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252631 at /newsroom