IN THE MEDIA.
Psychosis Podcast - Hann-Dolf
PSYCHOSE: SHORT FILM BY SUSANNE SERRES
MY LAYERS: SHORT FILM BY SUSANNE SERRES (ENGLISH)
Psychosis: They open up about the mental illness that no one talks about (The Huffington Post)
October 27, 2020
While mental health has become an increasingly open topic of discussion in recent years, psychotic disorders remain taboo. Caroline and Jérémi share their experiences in the hope of debunking persistent myths.
February 15, 2018
Participation of Dr. Amal Abdel-Baki, Nicolas Girard (social worker, team leader at the Young Adults Psychotics Clinic) and Caroline Dhavernas (spokesperson for Passages) in an interview conducted by Mario Bard (Question d'aujourd'hui – Radio Ville-Marie) about the organization Passages, a resource that helps young women in difficulty in the Montreal area.
Effect of cannabis on the course of psychotic disorders
26 July 2017
Dr. Abdel-Baki, along with colleagues from the CRCHUM and the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal, conducted an initial study of 212 men and women aged 18 to 30 who suffered from psychotic disorders and a drug addiction problem, including cannabis. The results show that symptoms worsen and social functioning deteriorates in cannabis users after the first year of follow-up if they persist in use; If they no longer use, their symptoms disappear and their social functioning improves.
Dr. Abdel-Baki, along with colleagues from the CRCHUM and the Montreal Mental Health University Institute, conducted an initial study of 212 men and women aged 18 to 30 who suffered from psychotic disorders and drug addiction, including cannabis. The results reveal that symptoms worsen and social functioning deteriorates in cannabis users after the first year of follow-up if they continue to use the drug; if they stop using it, their symptoms subside and their social functioning improves.
Cannabis Use and the Evolution of Psychotic Disorders (Psychomedia)
Preventing relapse in young people with a first episode of psychosis – Who? When? What for? How?
29 March 2017
The CHUM's JAP Clinic is organizing this day on early intervention in psychosis for professionals and doctors working with young people with psychotic disorders
Continuing Education Day – Department of Psychiatry, CHUM
Thursday, May 18, 2017
CHUM Research Centre
900 St-Denis Street, Pavilion R (5th floor) – Champs-de-Mars metro station
Program of the day: Objectives and program of the day
Dr. Amal Abdel Baki: Participation in the show Banc Public (Télé-Québec)
March 27, 2017
Dr. Amal Abdel-Baki's participation in the "Avatars and schizophrenia" segment of the show Banc Public, hosted by Guylaine Tremblay (aired January 19, 2016, Télé-Québec)
For viewing:
http://zonevideo.telequebec.tv/media/25138/avatars-et-schizophrenie/banc-public
Mental Illness Awareness Week
(testimony of Louis-Philippe Gingras)
October 8, 2015
As part of Mental Illness Awareness Week, Louis-Philippe Gingras, singer-songwriter and spokesperson for the AQPPEP (Quebec Association of Programs for First Psychotic Episodes) shares his experience. After a first psychosis in 2013, Mr. Gingras received care at the CHUM Clinic for Young Adults with Psychosis (JAP).
To listen to the interview (Ici Radio-Canada Abitibi):
After the psychosis ... Looking Ahead (Presentations of the Day)
Radio-Canada reports on the ÉQIIP SOL and the JAP Clinic
Where do you start to get back on your feet when you're young and living in a situation of homelessness, with mental health and addiction issues? The eqiip SOL (Équipe d'Intervention Intensive de Proximité), at Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal, has created with some success a unique intervention model to move forward on all fronts with these young adults to whom life has given nothing (Désautels le dimanche, Radio-Canada; report by Akli Aït-Abdallah with the participation of Dr. Amal Abdel-Baki and Nicolas Girard). Listen in audio format:
After a first report on the work of the Psychotic Young Adult Clinic at Notre-Dame Hospital, Akli Aït-Abdallah is now interested in the community organizations that revolve around these vulnerable young patients and without whom nothing would be possible. Listen in audio format:
